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Steve Hix writes: In article , "James Hart" wrote: Are they going to name it the "von Trapp"? THat wouldn't be unreasonable - George von Trapp was one the early submarine test pilots, and had a very successful record in WW 1, inlcluding sinking the Italian Protected Cruiser Leon Gambretta in the first night attack by a submarine, and sinking an Italian sup iv one of the first sub-sub torpedo duels. The Austro-Hungarian submarine force was probably the best of that war. They acheived an overall hit rate of 90% of torpedos fired. His first wife, the mother of most of the kids, was the Granddaughter of Robert Whitehead, the inventer of the self-propelled ("Automobile" back then) torpedo. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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