{"product_id":"goat-island-and-the-us-richard-v-simpson-9781634990134","title":"Goat Island and the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station: Guncotton, Smokeless Powder and Torpedoes","description":"Weak maritime nations have always sought to augment the strength of their coastal defenses and navies by the use of diabolical contrivances for destroying an invader's ships. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of the adoption of the torpedo as a recognized implement of warfare is not unlike that of gunpowder or of exploding shells. Each in its turn was met by the cry, Inhuman, barbarous, unchivalrous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the American Civil War, the Confederate Navy employed submerged mines, called torpedoes, and explosive charges mounted on a long pole referred to as the spar torpedo which was bumped into the hull of an enemy vessel exploding on contact. These weapons enjoyed great success during the conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn July 1869, the Secretary of the Navy announced the establishment of the Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island in the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, for development of a more sophisticated and deadlier self-propelled torpedo. From its founding until the end of the Second World War, the Naval Torpedo Station has been the Navy's principal center for the design of torpedoes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewport continues as the home of the U.S. Navy's most important laboratory for research and development of modern weapons' systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard V. Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634990137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634990134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard V. Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984783769855,"sku":"9781634990134","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffad7f0f-fb9c-4a77-9ff1-2b8bba820043.jpg?v=1683274152","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goat-island-and-the-us-richard-v-simpson-9781634990134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}