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Navy tests reveal giant compressed air torpedo launcher
In California's Sierra Madre mountains the Navy built a 300 foot tube to launch torpedoes into Morris Dam lake for ordnance tests. Navy experts report more torpedoes were fired here than during WWII. Navy photographers show reactions with miniature torpedoes in a test tank.
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California
Sierra Madre Mountains
U. S. Navy
Morris Dam Lake
Naval Ordnance
Little Lake
United States Navy