Pit sword

Pit sword

The pit sword (also known as a rodmeter) is a blade of metal or plastic that extends into the water beneath the hull of a nautical vessel.cite web
url = http://www.bowfin.org/website/bowfin/bowfin_systems/log_sys/log_sys.htm
title = Underwater Log Systems
accessdate = 2006-08-26
date = 2002
format = HTML
publisher = USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park
] It is part of the pitometer log, a device for measuring the ship's speed through the water.

ee also

:* [http://www.deweyelectronics.com/pitometer.html Commercial web site showing a typical pitometer log system.] :* [http://www.hnsa.org/doc/fleetsub/log/index.htm Historical site with information on US Navy submarine pitometer log systems during World War II. This site shows the pit sword or rodmeter as it is deployed.]

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