WWII USN Torpedo Scandal

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Why America's World War II torpedoes were horrible

The Mk. 14 began as one the Navy's worst torpedoes of World War II, but a bit of reverse engineering would make it a mainstay for decades.

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The Mark 14 Torpedo Scandal | Defense Media Network

A history of the failings of the Mark 14 torpedo and the refusal of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance to fix them.

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Fire One, Fire Ten: Implications of the Torpedo Scandal of World War II

On 23 July 1943, the USS Tinosa, an American submarine on war patrol in the Pacific, spent the entire day trying to sink the Tonan Maru, a high-value, unprotected Japanese oil tanker. The&nb

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Mark 14 torpedo - Wikipedia

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[Jemiba]

Torpedoes were a delicate device back then (and certainly still are !), an experience not only made by the USN,
but by the Deutsche Kriegsmarine (German Navy), too:
https://uboat.net/articles/23.html
http://www.uboataces.com/articles-wooden-torpedoes.shtml

 

[Grey Havoc]

A little more background on the Torpedokrise:

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1599&context=etd