SS Italiano T-Shirt

SS Italiano T-Shirt

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So why the heck did we make this?

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.