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Additional Appendix - 2nd U-Flotilla -
... Rated Diving Depth: 330 feet. Turning Circle: 325m (surfaced), 280m (submerged). Armament: 4 x 53.3cm (21") torpedo tubes at bow below the designed waterline. ...

All Hands - April 2000 - 100 Years Chart -
... 521 tons submerged (398/529 metric tons) Speed: 14 knots (26 kph) Crew: 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted Armament: Four 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes Date Deployed: Jan ...

All Hands - April 2000 - 100 Years Cart cont. -
... 6,000 tons (6,900 metric tons) submerged Speed: 25+ knots (30+ kph) Crew: 12 Officers, 115 Enlisted Armament: Four 1-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes; MK 37-3, MK 37 ...

Dutch Submarine Special & Mine laying operations in WWII

Fatal war patrol of Her Majesty Dutch mine-laying submarine O 19 in 1945

Forward Torpedo Room of a U.S. "S" Class Submarine
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Forward Torpedo Room of USS Jefferson City
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J Class British WWI sub foremost torpedo room
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Kilo Class - Project 636 -
... only 15 seconds to prepare stand-by torpedo tubes for firing ... 877M that has wire-guided torpedoes from two tubes. ... 3,076-3,950 tons Full load submerged, 2,350 tons ...

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island

Real-Time Modeling of Cross-Body Flow for Torpedo Tube Recovery of the Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

 Removing the torpedoes from U-534  

Strategic Affairs - Weapons & Equipment -
... Displacement, 33,800 tons submerged. Dimensions, 172 x 23.3 x 11 metres/564.3 x 76.4 x 36 feet. ... Armament, 20 RSM-52/SS-N-20 Sturgeon SLBM, 6 21-inch torpedo tubes ...

Submarine Torpedo Tubes Manual
Web-Master comment on 06-16-05: If the above pages do not get many visits, then I shall not add the remaining 38 pages I have.

Submarine Torpedo Tubes Pneumatic and Hydraulic Operational Sequences

The 21-in Quintuple MK 14 and MK 15 Torpedo Tubes

The Fleet Type Submarine Online 21-Inch Submerged Torpedo Tubes

 

The Forward Torpedo Room of USS Menhaden (SS-377) in 1968
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Photo taken by Dave Eaton TM2(SS)
USS Menhaden SS-377, 1967 – 1970

Mr. Santos:

I was checking out you Diodon web site and found it very interesting. I was a TM2(SS) on board Menhaden SS-377 another San Diego boat from back in the '60's. While checking your site I found a photo which I personally took in Tubes Forward back in '68. I'm sure you got the photo from GROG's Menhaden site as he is the only person I've provided it to..

I don't mind you using the photo but give me a photo credit, at least. A little more info on the photo, if you look closely to the right of the escape trunk ladder you will the foot of ET1(SS) Deweese (click link for info for him) who was racked out at the time I took the photo.

Have a good one.. Dave E.
(click link for photo for him in 1970)


The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC)

Torpedo Defense - COAST DEFENSE OF THE POTOMAC - EARLY MINES
(New 11-13-05)

Torpedo Fire Control in RN Capital Ships, 1914

TORPEDO FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT (DESTROYER TYPE), OP 1586, 27 February 1947 was created just after WW II. It describes the peak of WW II US destroyer torpedo fire control technology.
(New 11-09-05)

Torpedo Tube of WWII Italian Sub
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Torpedo Tubes USS Bowfin (SS-287)
(New 11-13-05)

USA - New Mexico class -
... Torpedo Tubes: 2-21" submerged (Torpedo tubes removed). 2-21" submerged (Torpedo tubes removed). 2-21" submerged (Torpedo tubes removed). Armour: ...

U.S. Submarine Torpedo Tube Firing Procedure

USS Texas Gunnery + Torpedo Information

Virginia Successfully Completes Testing of Torpedo Tubes