Richard L. Downing papers.

Scope and content Papers (1944-1945, 1955) of Richard L. Downing, including photographs and biographical information, as well as the text of a 1955 speech by Downing on submarines and submarine warfare. Recollections in the collection include accounts of two enemy engagements of the HADDO, including a description of the successful first use of an experimental torpedo designed to hone in on the sound of a ship's screws (January 1945) and a description of the torpedo attack on the Japanese destroyer ASAKAZE (August 1944).
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Cite as Richard L. Downing Papers (#647), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of useLiterary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Richard L. Downing.
Biographical noteRichard L. Downing graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1939.

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