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The torpedoes used Mark 46 silver oxide batteries. These had a known tendency to overheat, occasionally igniting or exploding. Training torpedoes used rechargeable secondary batteries. For a long time, the Mark 37 was a primary U.S. submarine-launched ASW torpedo. It was replaced by the Mark 48 starting in 1972. The remaining inventory was then ...
The Mark 46 silver–zinc battery used in the Mark 37 torpedo had a tendency to overheat, and in extreme cases could cause a fire that was strong enough to cause a low-order detonation of the warhead. If such a detonation had occurred, it might have opened the boat's large torpedo-loading hatch and caused Scorpion to flood and sink. However ...
Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 Short Torpedo (Type D) ... Mark 37 (Mod.0 & Mod.3) ... Seawater battery: Mark 45 Mod.0
Mark 37 Director c1944 with Mark 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mark 22 "orange peel" Ship gun fire-control systems (GFCS) are analogue fire-control systems that were used aboard naval warships prior to modern electronic computerized systems, to control targeting of guns against surface ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with either optical or radar sighting.
The Mark 37 Modification 6 5-inch dual-purpose gun on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War. The gun had a range of over 6 miles and could fire 22 rounds a minute. A dual-purpose gun is a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets.
Why Did Mark Hurd, HP's Disgraced Ex-CEO, Get $37 Million Payoff? Charles Wallace. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:07 PM. When Mark Hurd resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. ...
Sargo was charging her oxygen tanks when the oxygen line, which entered the submarine through the stern torpedo room hatch, developed a leak and a fire ignited. Two Mark 37 torpedo warheads detonated "low-order", and the fire spread dramatically, killing the crewman tending the oxygen line, machinist's mate third class James E. Smallwood. The ...
The mounting number of legal challenges against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is adding yet another tally mark.. In a fresh complaint, filed Thursday on behalf of an unnamed Jane Doe accuser and ...