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Article: Operation Snoopy: the Chemical Corps' "people sniffer".
- Article from:
- CML Army Chemical Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
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During World War II, the German Navy invented a means to evade Allied antisubmarine patrols. Unlike the nuclear submarines of today, the diesel submarines of the World War II era used battery power to run submerged and, most often, diesel engines to run on the surface. The snorkel--a small pipe extending above the waves--enabled German U-boats to run submerged longer on diesel power. The almost nonexistent cross section of the snorkel made visual detection of submarines nearly impossible from any reasonable distance. To combat this threat, the U.S. Navy implemented a new means of detection--the "people sniffer."
Even though submarines were running submerged, a ...