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Revision as of 23:29, 13 July 2015
Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske (13 June, 1854 – 6 April, 1942) was an innovator in gunnery, and served in the United States Navy as America's closest analog to Britain's Percy Scott. Amongst his many other contributions, he was best known for arguably inventing the optical Range Finder, his inaugurating use of telescopic gunsights, and for advocating the use of aerial torpedo bombers.
Life & Career
Fiske proved "an early and ardent advocate of the torpedo plane": in 1911 he seriously proposed entrusting the defense of the Philippine Islands to a force of 400 torpedo planes. Given that no such aircraft existed at that time, the General Board understandably "gave this idea short shrift". Subsequently, Fiske was granted a patent for an aircraft fitted to carry and launch torpedoes.[1]
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Service Records
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| Preceded by Charles E. Vreeland |
Captain of U.S.S. Arkansas 10 Mar, 1906[2] |
Succeeded by Harry M. Dombaugh |
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