Show Cant Can't Miss' Miss Torpedo Repeats Attack if First Shot Fails Projectile Inv Invented by John Hays Hammond Jr CANT MISS torpedo A MISS one that would come back if it should miss on the first at attempt attempt at- at tempt and strike the enemy battleship on the opposite side aide is described in a patent recently recent recent- ly Iy granted in Washington D.C. D.C. D.C. D. D C. C to John Hays Hammond Jr one of Americas America's champion inventors who has a total of some patents to his credit The enemy ship Itself would cause Ithe I the errant torpedo to return for a strike I IThe The inventor also reveals in his I i patent a method Intended to control control con con- canI I whole groups of or torpedoes by I radio so that like an attacking squadron of airplanes they may maybe I Ibe be maneuvered In v-shaped v eche eche- I Ion oblique or an other formation forma tion slowed up or speeded against any attacking fleet of battleships Can Turn About Only when a torpedo falls tails to tomake tomake tomake make a direct hit does a novel control device built In the torpedo go Into operation to turn the torpedo torpedo tor tor- about and redirect it t to crash Into the hull of or the ship This unique mechanism Inventor Hammond lIam Ham mond calls a magnetic balance It Is connected to a long antenna anteMa which trails in the water behind the torpedo The torpedo also has hac a wireless receiving mechanism by which the firing ship may steer the torpedo to the left or right according to the direction of or movement of or the enemy battleship Thus one dash on the radio signal turns the torpedo so many degrees to the left two dashes so many degrees to the right while a long dash operates mechanism which reduces the torpedo's torpedo a speed Is Radio Controlled If It a whole salvo is fired at once the individual torpedoes may be arranged In any attacking formation formation forma forma- tion lion by the radio control The magnetic balance which makes the torpedo turn an about face In hi case ease it misses is a complicated com corn electrical mechanism so 10 connected that tha t it lies dormant until until until un un- til there is a miss If It the tor torpedo edo passes the enemy enemy ship the magnetic magnetic mag Detie balance is upset by the magnetic disturbance which the nearness Dearness of the hull sels sets up |