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The Mark 27 torpedo was the first of the United States Navy 19-inch (48-cm) submarine-launched torpedoes. [2] This electrically-propelled torpedo was 125 inches (3.175 m) long and weighed 1174 pounds (534 kg). [2] The torpedo employed a passive acoustic guidance system and was intended for both submarine and surface targets. [2]
The torpedo could be set for both straight or patterned running. [2] After World War II, the Mod 0 and Mod 1 variants were developed into a common torpedo. Designed to keep the longer range from Mod 1 and larger warhead of Mod 0, this upgrade was called the Mark 16 Mod 8 and incorporated a 1,260 pound HBX (7,552 J/g) warhead in the place of the ...
In the absence of torpedo retrievers a wide variety of small boats were pressed into recovery service. The first sinking of a ship by a self-propelled torpedo occurred in 1878, [1] and by World War I, torpedoes played a pivotal role in naval warfare as German U-boats sought to close the North Atlantic to allied shipping. While the United States ...
The Eghraaq is reportedly designed by the Maritime Technologies Complex as a low cost alternative to similar systems like the American Mark 54.Its existence had been briefly mentioned in past product roadmaps presented by GIDS where it had resolved to develop an advanced torpedo of lightweight category which would have an operating depth of 450m along with range of 6-7km and a maximum speed of ...
A Mark 46 dummy torpedo (left) exhibited alongside a Type 97 torpedo (right) at Tateyama Air Base. Drop of a Mark 46 torpedo from a Sikorsky SH-3H during an exercise in 1987. Designed 1960, first deliveries and field testing in 1963, in service 1966 (USA).
The Black Scorpion is a miniature active-sonar homing torpedo developed from the A200 LCAW, which in turn was originally developed to assist in the classification of targets. In order to deal with a potentially hostile submarine target, either a depth charge or a torpedo would be launched at it, either to kill it or cause it to flee, thus ...
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.
Mark 13 torpedo's general arrangement, as published in a service manual Douglas TBD Devastator making a practice drop with a Mark 13 torpedo, October 20, 1941. Originating in a 1925 design study, the Mark 13 was subject to changing USN requirements through its early years with resulting on-and-off development.