The Submarine Torpedo Boat
Its Characteristics And Modern Development

INDEX A Accessibility of machinery and en- gines, necessity for, 28 Accidents, list of, 192 Accommodations for berthing, 36 Action, Radius of, 18, 86, 137 Adder, U. S. submarine boat, 16 Advantage of destroyer over sub- marine, 30 Aeroplane versus submarine, 148 Air connections required for safety, 106, 109 Angle fire method of torpedo attack, 161, 181 Apportionment of weights, 62 Armament, 97 Arrangement of torpedo tubes, 97 Attack, submarine tactics for, 158 Attack upon submarine by de- stroyer, 30, 144 Automobile torpedo, see torpedo B Balance of chief factors, proper, 137 Ballast system, 61 Base strategy, 153 Battery ventilation, 108 Batteries, storage, 124 Battleship, effect of submarine upon design of the, 141 Bauer, tribulations of, 12 Beam-length ratio, effect upon re- sistance, 65 Bliss-Leavitt Torpedo Co., 179, 182 Blockade, effect of submarines upon the strategy of, 164 Blockade, maintenance of subma- rine, 168 Boiler (soda), method of propulsion, 22 Bombs, use of, against submarines, 145 Bonaparte, Napoleon, and Fulton, 3 Booms, use of, for harbor protection, ISO Bridge, navigating, 90 British submarine development, 20 British submarine of the F class, 20 British submarine operations in the Dardanelles, 158 British submarine operations in the North Sea, 154 Buoy, position marker, 108 Buoyancy, position of, center of, 44 Buoyancy reserve, percentage of, 38 Bushnell, David, 1, 195 ----, lack of appreciation of, 3 ----, Turtle, 1 C Calculations for propellers, 73 Calculations for strength of hull, 104 Campaign in the Dardanelles, sub- marine, 158 Campaign in the North Sea, sub- marine, 154 Center of buoyancy, position of, 44 205