Photo #: NH 42252
Explosive "Torpedoes"
Found under the interned German ships Prinz Eitel Friedrich
and Kronprinz Wilhelm after they were seized by the United
States in April 1917. Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Pennsylvania, 12 April 1919.
These devices, shown here disassembled with components labeled,
were placed by the ships' German crewmembers in anticipation
of the seizure, in hopes of disabling the ships and thus rendering
them useless to the U.S.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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