SS Italiano T-Shirt
Here are the original blueprints for the SS Italiano, a concept for a WWII-era American submarine. Legend has it the idea originated when a Navy engineer took a lunch order for an "Italian sub sandwich" too literally. The groundbreaking -- some might say too groundbreaking -- design of the sub called for a "coldcut and fixins"-based interior and weapons system.
Thankfully the project was halted just before the sub made it into production. Military experts agree that it would not have been a very functional weapon, what with its tomato torpedoes and salami-enforced frame.
Nevertheless, the Italiano played a key role in the War when its blueprints fell into German hands. The resulting panic sent German engineers to work on the ill-fated "Das Wiener Schnitzel" countermeasure when they could have been perfecting the V2 rocket.
Thankfully the project was halted just before the sub made it into production. Military experts agree that it would not have been a very functional weapon, what with its tomato torpedoes and salami-enforced frame.
Nevertheless, the Italiano played a key role in the War when its blueprints fell into German hands. The resulting panic sent German engineers to work on the ill-fated "Das Wiener Schnitzel" countermeasure when they could have been perfecting the V2 rocket.
