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NH 42252 Explosive "Torpedoes"

Photo #: NH 42252 Explosive "Torpedoes"
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Title: Explosive "Torpedoes"
Description: Photo #: NH 42252 Explosive Torpedoes Found under the interned German ships Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm after they were seized by the United States in April 1917. Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 12 April 1919. These devices, shown here disassembled with components labeled, were placed by the ships' German crewmembers in anticipation of the seizure, in hopes of disabling the ships and thus rendering them useless to the U.S. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42252
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