MK-14 Torpedo

propbeanie · 02-26-24, 03:53 PM

This is a fellow's grad study paper, but the Germans had the same issue: Wolves Without Teeth

The really amazing thing, is that the British captured a German electric torpedo. Shared it with the US, who then copied the torpedo (Mark 19) verbatim, errors and all, and unleashed its fury on the US submariners... Tang, anyone??... USS Tang (SS-306) Naval History and Heritage Command, as an example. Others also experienced similar, and there are several boats lost without know cause, that may well have suffered the same fate.

Wolfar · 02-26-24, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by propbeanie

This is a fellow's grad study paper, but the Germans had the same issue: Wolves Without Teeth

The really amazing thing, is that the British captured a German electric torpedo. Shared it with the US, who then copied the torpedo (Mark 19) verbatim, errors and all, and unleashed its fury on the US submariners... Tang, anyone??... USS Tang (SS-306) Naval History and Heritage Command, as an example. Others also experienced similar, and there are several boats lost without know cause, that may well have suffered the same fate.

I just read what happened to USS Tang.

Wow!

propbeanie · 02-27-24, 09:30 AM

You need to read "Clear the Bridge" by Richard O'Kane then... lol

1Patriotofmany · 02-27-24, 09:57 PM

We also had problems with the impact pistol IIRC, it took a while before one of the big guys(Lockwood I think) ordered tests by dropping the torpedos sans explosives to find that issue.

02-26-24, 03:53 PM	#1
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	This is a fellow's grad study paper, but the Germans had the same issue: Wolves Without Teeth The really amazing thing, is that the British captured a German electric torpedo. Shared it with the US, who then copied the torpedo (Mark 19) verbatim, errors and all, and unleashed its fury on the US submariners... Tang, anyone??... USS Tang (SS-306) Naval History and Heritage Command, as an example. Others also experienced similar, and there are several boats lost without know cause, that may well have suffered the same fate. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

02-27-24, 09:30 AM	#3
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,761 Downloads: 441 Uploads: 2	You need to read "Clear the Bridge" by Richard O'Kane then... lol __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

02-27-24, 09:57 PM	#4
1Patriotofmany Commander Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 455 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	We also had problems with the impact pistol IIRC, it took a while before one of the big guys(Lockwood I think) ordered tests by dropping the torpedos sans explosives to find that issue.