Newpower, Anthony, 1967-

Iron men and tin fish : the race to build a better torpedo during World War II / Anthony Newpower. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2006. - 235 pages : illustrations, plan, portraits ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliography 9. [221]-224) and index.

The first book to deal exclusively with the failure of the Mark XIV torpedo during the first two years of the American effort in World War II, this study combines analysis of the technological and bureaucratic problems with riveting accounts of combat to provide a new interpretation of the failure and the Navy's response to it.

9781591146230(pbk)


United States. Navy --Weapons systems--History--20th century.


Torpedoes--Design and construction--History--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.