depth bomb
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With easy, informal Rooseveltian technique, Mr. Davis dropped his naval depth bomb at a luncheon tendered him by U. S. correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
The destroyer did drop one depth bomb, and the vibrations thereupon ceased.
From Time Magazine Archive
The depth bomb was dropped, said Colonel Knox, just as a warning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The four friends from Seacove were not the only members of the ship's company that saw the depth bomb break loose from its fastenings.
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
It would mean that the "Grigsby" was instantly to release, over the stern, a depth bomb.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
