[ARC5] Torpedoes

[Robert Eleazer]

"There was at one time a torpedo factory on the Potomac waterfront in 
Alexandria, VA"

That factory was not allowed to be brought on line in WWII until the RI delegation was satisfied that the RI factory was fully manned and equipped.

German electric torpedoes were captured when they washed up on the beach and were given to the RI torpedo factory to copy.  After no action after some months the Navy got Westinghouse to do the job.

Wayne