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Show 'Can't Cant ' an ' t lVIiss NTHs Miss'TorpedoRepeats MissTorpedoRepeats s ' Torpedo TorpedoRepeats Repeats Attack ifFirst if ifFirst First Shot Fails FailsProjectile s sProjectile M - Projectile ProjecLile InventedM Inventedb Invented b hy byJohn Y YJohn JolIn John Hays Hammond , Jr . , A"CAN'T ACANT A "CAN'T-MISS "CAN'T CANT MISS " ' - - MISS " torpedo , .L L . ZA- ZA ZAone I Ione - one that would come back backIf backif backif If IfIt it should miss muss on the first at- at attempt attempt at attempt - tempt , , and strike strrke the enemy battleshIp enemybattleship on the opposite side sideis sideis sideis is described in a patent recent recent- recently recently recently - ly granted in Washington Washmgton , D D.C DC . C , to John Hays Hammond HammondJr , Jr , one of America's Americas Amenca's Amencas ' ' champion championmvcntors championinventors championinventors mvcntors inventors who has a total of ofsome ofsome ofsome some 385 patents to his credit . The enemy encmy ship itself itseU . would v.ould vould could causethe cause causethe causethe the errant torpedo to return for tor a astr1.ke astrike astrike str1.ke str1ke strike . . The inventor mventor also reveals in hIS hISpatent hispatent hispatent patent a method Intended to con con- control control control - trol whole groups of torpedoes byradio by byradIo byradio radIo , , so that like hhe an attachlJ1g attacking attachlJ1gsquadron attackingsquadron attackingsquadron squadron of at airplanes , they maybe may maybe maybe be maneuvered in v shaped , , eche eche- echelon echelon . - lon Ion ( oblique ) , , or an other othcr forma forma- formation formation formation - tion , slowed up or speeded agalJ1st against agalJ1stany againstany againstany any attacking attlckmg : fleet fieet of battleshipsCan battleships battleshipsCan Can Turn About . Only when whcn a torpedo fa fails s to tomake tomake tomake make a direct hit , does a novel novelcontrol novelcontrol novelcontrol control device dev1ce built in the torpedo torpedogo 1 1go go into mto operation to turn the tor tor- torpedo tor- tor torpedo torpedo - - pedo : about lbout and redirect red1rect it to crash crashI crashmto crashinto crashinto mto into the hull of the ship Thisunique ThIS ThISumque Thisunique I umque unique mech mechanism lmsm < In\ In In\entor In entor Inentor Intentor \ entor Ham Hammond . mond calls " "It It " . a "magnetic magnetic balance It is connected to a long antenna antennaI antennahICh antennawhich antennawhich I \\hICh hICh which \ \ trails tralls m in the water belund behind behindthe behindthe , the torpedoThe torpedo torpedoThe torpedoThe The torpedo also has a wirelessreceiving wIreless wIrelessrccclvmg wirelessreceiving rccclvmg receiving mechanism mechamsm by which Wh1Ch the thefirlJ1g thefiring thefiring firlJ1g firing ship may steer stecr the torpedo torpedoto to the left or right according accordmg to tothe tothe tothe the direction d1rectIon of movement of theenemy the theenemy theenemy enemy battleship battlesh1p battlesh1pThus battleshipThus battleshipThus Thus , , one dash on the radIo radIosIgnal radiosignal radiosignal sIgnal turns the torpedo so many manydegrees manydegrees manydegrees degrees to the lett left ; ; two dashes , so somany somany somany many degrees to the right , wh1le while whilea wh1lea a long dash operates mechamsm mechanism mechanismwhich mechanismwhich mechamsmwhich which reduces the torpedo's torpedos ' speed . . Is Radio Controlled . If It a whole salvo is fired at once oncethe , the individual lJ1dlVldual torpedoes may be bearranged bearranged bearranged arranged many m in any attackmg attacking forma forma- formation formation formation - tion by the radio controlThe controlThe control controlThe The "magnetic magnetic " balance , " whIch whIchmakes whichmakes whichmakes makes the torpedo turn an about aboutface aboutface aboutface face m in case it misses , , is a com com- complicated complicated . - plicated electrical electr1cal mechanism so soconnccted soconnected soconnected connccted connected that it lies hes dormant until un- un untIl un until - til there is a miss It If the torJedo torpedo torJedopasses torpedopasses torpedopasses : passes the enemy ship the "mag mag "mag- "magnebc "magnetic "magnetic " - netic nebc balance ballnce : " is upset by themagnetic the themagnetIc themagnetic magnetIc disturbance which the thenearness t thenearness h e enearness nearness of the hull sets up . |
