1st torpedo launching from aircraft, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, Calif. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with 1st torpedo launching from aircraft, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, Calif., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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1st torpedo launching from aircraft, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego, Calif.
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A caption describes this photograph as the first torpedo launched from an aircraft by the U.S. Pacific Fleet, off San Diego, in July 1920. The city's harbor and North Island airfield made it a natural center for naval aviation on the West Coast, and by the early 1920s the Navy was testing whether aircraft could deliver torpedoes against ships at sea. The record's date and details come from a caption card and have not been independently verified, but the picture still shows an early step in the development of naval torpedo bombing.
| Created / published | 1920 July 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Seaplanes; Torpedoes. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150723 |
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