US1376105A - Submarine destroyer - Google Patents

Description

C. J. LINDQUIST.

SUBMARINE DESTROYER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. I916. RENEWED FEB. 12. 1921.

1,376, 105; Patented Apr. 26,1921.

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SUBMARINE DESTROYER. APPLlCATlON FILED-JAN. 28, 1916. RENEWED FEB. 12,1921.

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stars CARL J. LIN'DQUIST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF T0 PAUL C.

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SUBM-ARINE DESTROYER.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CARI. J. LINDQUIST, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Submarine Destroyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vessels. I I

This invention has utility when incorporated in readily mobile bodies, especially for naval service and submarine reconnoitering.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of an embodiment of the device in a vessel for naval service;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryelevation of the vessel looking into the torpedo discharge tubes or ways; a

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of an upper or after portion ofthe vessel;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the vessel;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary V16W looking down upon the prow of the vessel; i

Fig. 6 is a side elevation, with parts broken away, of the prow of-the vessel; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail of the torpedo discharge way and closure therefor.

The vessel comprises the inner shell or tube 1 which may be of wrought metal or boiler plate material and provided with reinforcing or stiffening ribs 2. To protect the vessel from temperature change, and thereby avoid moisture precipitation upon the inner wall thereof, an insulation'coveringand an armor jacket are provided comprising wrappings or windings of cable. The inner winding or cable 3 may be of jute or hempen rope or vegetable fiber for the insulation, the outer winding 4 being a wire cable for the armor.

The vessel may have a normally inclined position with its prow submerged and forwardly extending. To give the vessel stability for directing and control, brackets 5 may be provided to carry the forward rib or keel 6 and the rearward rib or keel 7. The cable wrappings may snugly fit against the brackets 5. Enveloping the armor wrappings and the keels 6, 7 may be smooth sheathing 8 to minimize water resistance in the vessels travel.

Adjacent the upper end or stern of the vessel may be disposed a platform 9 carrying the bearing 10 from which rises the funnel carrying post 11 to the deck 12. Fast with the post 11 is the arm 13 permitting Specification of Letters Patent. Pgttentted Apr. 26, 1921. Application filed January 28 1916, Serial No. 74,750. Renewed February 12, 1921. SerialNo. 444,538.

rotation ofthe funnel relatively to the deck 10. From the deck 10 but fast with the funnel 14; is the stairway 16 extending to the hatch 17,"which, when the vessel is submerged may be closed to exclude water. In the normal operation when thefunnel is exposed, this may provide supply and exhaust 'air for the occupants of the vessel as' wellas for motor gases, in the event such type of motor is in use. j I The usual submergin'g apparatus may be.

used. 7 a p I Adjacent the lower forward end or prow of the vessel may bedisposed the motor 18 having the universal joint 19 extending to vthe downwardly inclined propeller 20. This propeller is engaged by the yoke 21 towhich extend the control bars 22 from the steering wheel'23. The extensions from the keel 6,. ,7, serve as an enveloping housingfor the propeller. The shifting of the propeller by .the steeringwheel 23 will eifect guiding of the vessel, and, as this is forward of the vessel, the vessel may be turned in a very at once rise to the surface and no danger of being entrapped in a sunken chamber arises. The e ectiveness of this submergence by propeller action may be varied by shifting the water ballast from a tank 24: to a tank 25 by the pumps 26, 27 With the ballast in the tank 25, the draft of the vessel or its angle of inclination will be less. Such adjustment may be desirable in going into shallow water or for docking.

For observation a Searchlight 28 having the lens port hole 29 may be provided. Speed indicating and milea e device 30 may he provided, while inclination indicator 31 may be provided for the operators to determine thedraft position of the vessel. Vari ous decks or shelves 32 may be provided with communication ways or ladders 33 therebetween.

In the event the vessel is used for naval purposes of attack or defense, torpedo ways 34 may be provided with the discharge openings enlarged. A crank adjustment support 35 for the forward end of the torpedo 36v maybe rocked to give the torpedo the vessels movements, aswell as discharge torpedoes by approaching the enemy, swinging into reverse and while fleeing effect the torpedo discharge, ordischarges, as' desired. v. The configuration is such that even when operating with the stern eX- posed, there is relatively a very small object for target, and such target eifectively armored and of a contour for readily shedoing a missile by having the missile glance therefrom instead of having it embed thereinto. v

The sheating 8 may extend over the keel armor 40 on the brackets 5 while the hollow interior may be filled with insulation packing' 41' to exclude water therefrom.

The torpedoes 36 may be released from the clips 42 before discharge. To take care of expansion of water in the chamber 34 as well as remove the water therefrom for recharging, the pipe 43 is in communication with the chambers 34and extends to the pump 44 that water may be dratwntheref from as desired.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is: V i i I 1. A vesselhaving a normally floating stern in surface travel, the remainder of the vessel being submerged, a stabilizing rib' extending from the prow touthestern, and

' a propeller at the prow.

2'. A vessel having a normally floating stern in surface travel, the remainder of the vessel being submerged, and means for effecting floating and submergence of the vessel. I V

3. A submerged prow vessel having its stern upwardly inclined, and shiftable ballast to vary the prow submergence.

4. A vessel having a normally floating stern in surface travel, the remainder of the vessel being submerged, and a ventilating funnel connected to the stern.

5. A vessel having a normally floating stern in surface travel, the remainder of the vessel being submerged, a ventilating funnel connected to the stern, and a hatch for closing the funnel.

6. A vessel having a normally floating stern in surface travel, the remainder of the vessel being submerged, a ventilating funnel connected to the stern, and means for rotating said funnel. J

7. A vessel having its axis normally downwardly inclined forwardly, said vessel having a way transversely of the vessel extent approximately horizontally disposed to make an acute angle with the vessel axis.

8. A tubular submergible vessel and a condensation elimination housing for the vessel comprising continuous circularly extending means.

9. A submersible tubular shell vessel, an armor sheathing wrapping for the shell, and condensation elimination means spacing the armor from the shell. V

10. A submerged prow tubular vessel comprising a housing and a cable wrapping about said housing.

11. A submersible vessel having transversely'of its axis, a torpedo discharge way, the vertical angle between said way and axis being oblique;

12. A submersible vessel having trans versely of its axis a relatively fixed explosive directing discharge way axis, one of said axes being inclined to the vertical.

In witness whereof I 'affix.

CARL J. LIN QUIS T.

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