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A Mark 14 torpedo on display at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco A Mark 14 torpedo on display in Cleveland, near USS Cod. The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II. This weapon was plagued with many problems which crippled its performance early in the war.
Name Country Dates Platform/ target Dimensions Warhead Propulsion Performance 18 in. Mk.V UK 1899: Destroyer & submarine/ surface: Diameter:17.7 in (450 mm) Length:199.4 in (5,060 mm)
The Mark 15 was developed by the Naval Torpedo Station Newport concurrently with the Mark 14 and was first deployed in 1938. [1] It served as a replacement for the Mark 8 torpedo, Mark 11 Torpedo and Mark 12 Torpedo on surface ships with tubes that could accommodate the longer Mark 15; this primarily included destroyers built after 1930.
Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable: French submarines use pistons to push the torpedo outside the tube, instead of blowing it out with compressed air. There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers ) installed aboard ...
It was to have 14 torpedo tubes, six at the bow, and four each side aft. No contracts were granted. Type XXV U-boat - was intended to be electric propulsion-only for coastal use. The design was 160 tons and would have had two torpedo tubes fitted at the bow. No contracts were granted for these boats.
6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bow) 24 × Mark 37 torpedoes , Mark 14 torpedoes , Mark 16 torpedoes , Mark 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedoes , and/or Mark 48 torpedoes . The Skipjack class was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines (SSNs) that entered service from 1959 to 1961.
The Mark 32 can fire 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedoes of the Mark 44, Mark 46, Mark 50 (from the Mod 17 tubes onwards), [3] [4] and Mark 54 [citation needed] designs, and can be modified to use other torpedoes (such as the MU90 Impact aboard Royal Australian Navy frigates, or Royal Navy units using Sting Ray torpedoes).
Mark 14 US: 1938: Submarine / Surface ... Torpedo history, part 2, Naval History & Heritage Command; Navweaps links: US Torpedoes main page, Pre-World War II, Post ...