02-02-15, 08:48 AM
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Admiral 
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Originally Posted by TorpX
I didn't know US subs had this particular item. I gather it was introduced during the war?
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No, the Kollmorgen Optical Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, has it detailed within their Periscope instruction/maintenance manual of 1940.
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The HMS Shannon vs. USS Chesapeake outside Boston Harbor June 1, 1813
USS Chesapeake Captain James Lawrence lay mortally wounded...
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