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Old 05-09-07, 01:38 AM   #12
Snowman999
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Originally Posted by TripleDaddy
I really like this part:

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As will be shown in following pages of this pamphlet, interlocking devices are fitted to submarine tubes to prevent the simultaneous opening of both breech and muzzle doors. It scarcely seems necessary to point out the suicidal folly of any attempt to defeat the purpose of these interlocking devices.
Who knew the Navy had a sense of humor?
Not "any attempt." I've got a 35mm photo looking out our #3 tube into the drydock.

Every torpedoman I ever knew bragged about knowing how to defeat the interlocks. First thing they learned, so they would know if anybody else was trying to defeat the interlocks. People do go insane on patrol occassionally.
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