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vigtt~ce J .sea., ~d the ~Dg drawp. out
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motive: power, ita-o,m- -steer;ing" g~;u., and, a.t its -:
n05&, the .. w'a r-head," . or), ~pl08ive 'cb;rge. i A .•
charge of high-p~eeeure' air ejecta it ' inio·(the
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o:wn power towarda' its target, ';mqpu~g' ~nti~11 ~
IAlbmerged aod ~vel.liog ..'at ~ dept~ pl"e~jOll!!ly ,,,
ananged. At l~t. thAt i&,w~ai it d~8, if it i8 a
real draw-jog room ~rpedo, but eOD)etim~ . one

strik.es a baa&'r 'fe&'!! *ho, after ~eri~g ~ut
with. an .a.1Mwdon J humall almost iQ its glee:; 1& '
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