Mk15 (torpedo)

The torpedo that U.S. Navy applied Mk15. It was the surface ship deployment vs. a warship attack torpedo and was used during World War II. 9,700 are produced during war.

I upsize from Mk14 of the model mounted with a submarine and am equipped with a large-scale warhead at a long range. The initial model had a problem with 調定深度 and a magnetic fuse like Mk14, but there were few water wars in the Pacific War, and the distinction of military gains with the bombardment had been difficult, and readily this problem was not found out. This problem becomes clear, and, in Gulf of Bella night battle of August, 1943, a device will be improved.

Essential points

• Full length: 7.32m
• A body diameter: 53cm
• Weight: 1,288 kg
• Warhead weight: 375 kg
• An engine: Steam turbine (fuel: methanol)
• A range: 13,500m (29 knots), 5,500m (45 knots)

Outside link

• A Brief History of U.S. Navy Torpedo Development

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