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Vanderbilt Listening Device Sketch I

This sketch illustrates the workings of a device for detecting submarines.
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Title: Vanderbilt Listening Device Sketch
Caption: This sketch was part of a memo on making depth charge barrages more effective. It illustrates a listening device that would improve surface vessels' ability to estimate the depth of an enemy submarine.
Original Location: Lt. Harold S. Vanderbilt to VAdm. William S. Sims, 13 September 1918, RG 45, Entry 520, Box 339, National Archives, Washington DC
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