WWII - 1944, Weapons Research: Sympathetic Fuze Test aka Snail Limpet. 14-15Jul44 Pt. 2 of 2

WWII - 1944, Weapons Research: Sympathetic Fuze Test aka Snail Limpet. 14-15Jul44 Pt. 1 of 2 Explanatory intertitles throughout Pan along James River, City Point, Virginia. Old wooden barge used in test to “determine maximum distance at which a sympathetic fuze would be detonated, both through unobstructed water and along a wooden hull” 22-25May44. Men attach limpet charge to hull; CU limpet on rope hangs then clamped to ship above water line. CU man attaches fuze wire to detonator? LS men on barge; CU man pulls detonator; LS explosion. Limpet pulled up onto deck. Condition of fuze before & after detonation examined. MS small explosion on side of barge; explosion viewed from deck of barge. CUs hole in barge’s hull; men in canoe examine damage. LS explosions on barges; men on deck. Saboteurs; WW2; Explosives; Espionage; Testing; OSS; Office of Strategic Services;