What was Parsons first assignment after the graduation?
Served on the battleship USS Idaho
Became a weapons specialist
Joined the Manhattan Project
Invented the proximity fuze
Answer
Parsons served on the battleship USS Idaho, and in 1906 he was assigned to the torpedo station at Newport, Rhode Island, where he studied under Homer C. Cummings, who was in charge of developing torpedoes for the United States Navy. Parsons learned how to make the new Whitehead torpedo.
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