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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Also when Admiral Lockwood ordered the magnetic pistols deactivated he met with fierce resistance from ComSubsAsiatic (I'll have his name tomorrow). The two commands were entirely separate, and that particular admiral had also been the man behind the development of the magnetic head!  |
Which lead to the curious practice of boats leaving Pearl with the magnetic pistol deactivated and once they arrived under the command of Adm. Christie in Australia the magnetic exploder had to be activated. The opposite procedure was used for boats going the other way!