Sept. 24, 2015

The Secret Weapon of Navy Diving

The Navy has many unsung heroes; in fact, you could argue most of our Navy is made up of them. A central truth about unsung heroes, by the term's very definition, is that their contributions are significant yet under-recognized. September 25th, the Naval Undersea Museum opens a new exhibit that shines a spotlight on one of the subsurface

June 14, 2013

A New Weapon in the Industrial Age: Howell Torpedo

In 1883 the United States Navy held a public contest to find new design concepts for torpedoes. After reviewing several proposals, the Navy Torpedo Board selected a design submitted by the head of the Department of Astronomy and Navigation for the U.S. Naval Academy, Lieutenant Commander John A. Howell. The Howell torpedo was initially conceived in