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Jerry Gilmartin
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Posted on: Dec 30, 2009 - 10:12am
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Hi Jeff,
I found only this in the Manual labeled "A Brief History of US Naval Torpedoes" on the HNSA website. Jerry
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/jolie/index.htm
Bliss-Leavitt
Torpedo
Mk 8 DEVELOPMENT DATE:
1911
APPROXIMATE IN-SERVICE DATES:
1911-1945
Developed during World War I, the Mk 8 was the U.S. Navy's first 21-inch by 21-foot torpedo. The Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, R.I., the Torpedo Station in Alexandria, Va., and the U.S.N. Gun Factory in Washington, D.C. were all involved in the production of this destroyer-launched, antisurface ship torpedo which was still in the inventory at the start of the second World War. Approximately 600 Mk 8 torpedoes were issued to Great Britain to use with 50 old-type U.S. destroyers turned over to England under the lend-lease act.
CHARACTERISTICS
PHYSICAL
Length 256.3 inches
Diameter 21 inches
Weight 2600 pounds
Propulsion Turbine
Guidance Gyro
Enabling No
Flask Air Pressure 2800 psi
Homing No
FC Settings Mechanical
Warhead Mk 8 Mod 4
466 pounds TNT
Exploder Mk 3 Mod 2
Contact
PERFORMANCE
Speed 36
Range 16,000 yards
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Dec 30, 2009 - 4:24pm
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Thanks Jerry, I've seen those but was hoping for something like the sweet images found in some of the other torpedo manuals they have up. Torpedoes sure were complicated devices...
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alross2
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Posted on: Jan 3, 2010 - 6:38pm
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Jeff,
Have you tried to find any of the old NAVPERS training manuals for Torpedoman 3 & 2 and Torpedoman ! & C? They had lots of great drawings and photos. Our local library used to have them, but they disposed of them years ago.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Jan 4, 2010 - 6:56am
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Thanks for the lead Al, I'll keep an eye out for them.
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