Mark 16 torpedo
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The Mark 16 torpedo was a redesign of the United States Navy
standard Mark 14 torpedo
to incorporate war-tested improvements for use in unmodified United States fleet submarines. The torpedo was considered the United States standard anti-shipping torpedo for twenty years; although significant numbers of Mark 14 wartime production remained in inventory. This hydrogen-peroxide-propelled 21-inch (53-cm) torpedo was 246 inches (6.25 m) long and weighed 2 tons (1800 kg). The warhead contained 732 pounds (333 kg) of explosive and was the most powerful conventional torpedo warhead used by the United States. The torpedo could be set for straight-running or pattern-running.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
standard Mark 14 torpedo
Mark 14 torpedo
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, and was supplemented by the Mark 18 electric torpedo in the last 2 years of the war...
to incorporate war-tested improvements for use in unmodified United States fleet submarines. The torpedo was considered the United States standard anti-shipping torpedo for twenty years; although significant numbers of Mark 14 wartime production remained in inventory. This hydrogen-peroxide-propelled 21-inch (53-cm) torpedo was 246 inches (6.25 m) long and weighed 2 tons (1800 kg). The warhead contained 732 pounds (333 kg) of explosive and was the most powerful conventional torpedo warhead used by the United States. The torpedo could be set for straight-running or pattern-running.