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- Mark_15_torpedo diameter "2.1E7".
- Mark_15_torpedo abstract "The Mark 15 torpedo, the standard U.S. destroyer-launched torpedo of World War II, was very similar in design to the Mark 14 torpedo except that it was longer, lighter, and had greater range and a larger warhead. During the war 9,700 were produced.The Mark 15 suffered from the same basic design problems that plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as it was by the submariners. Surface-combatant torpedo attacks very often included confusing splashes from gunnery and aerial bombs, obscuring smoke screens, and quick maneuvering to evade counterattack. Rarely was a destroyer given a chance for a slow, careful surprise attack. Torpedo results were difficult to estimate under these circumstances. The correction of the Mark 15's problems would depend on the submariners solving theirs.The Battle of Vella Gulf on the night of August 6–7, 1943, was the first in which a surprise torpedo attack by U.S. gave the Americans an overwhelming advantage in the following gun battle, though one Japanese warship was hit by a dud torpedo and escaped. By September, 1943, effective methods of torpedo deployment were beginning to be distributed to all U.S. destroyers.".
- Mark_15_torpedo diameter "21000.0".
- Mark_15_torpedo origin United_States.
- Mark_15_torpedo thumbnail Above-water_Mark_15_torpedo_tube_installation_mounted_on_destroyers.jpg?width=300.
- Mark_15_torpedo type Anti-surface_warfare.
- Mark_15_torpedo usedInWar World_War_II.
- Mark_15_torpedo wikiPageID "10889443".
- Mark_15_torpedo wikiPageRevisionID "560121245".
- Mark_15_torpedo designDate "1938".
- Mark_15_torpedo designer Naval_Undersea_Warfare_Center.
- Mark_15_torpedo detonation "Mk 6 Mod 13 contact exploder".
- Mark_15_torpedo diameter "21".
- Mark_15_torpedo engine "Wet-heater combustion / steam turbine with compressed air tank".
- Mark_15_torpedo filling HBX.
- Mark_15_torpedo fillingWeight "825.0".
- Mark_15_torpedo guidance Gyroscope.
- Mark_15_torpedo hasPhotoCollection Mark_15_torpedo.
- Mark_15_torpedo isExplosive "yes".
- Mark_15_torpedo isMissile "yes".
- Mark_15_torpedo isRanged "yes".
- Mark_15_torpedo launchPlatform "Destroyers".
- Mark_15_torpedo length "288".
- Mark_15_torpedo manufacturer Naval_Ordnance_Station_Forest_Park.
- Mark_15_torpedo manufacturer Naval_Undersea_Warfare_Center.
- Mark_15_torpedo maxRange "15000".
- Mark_15_torpedo name "Mark 15 torpedo".
- Mark_15_torpedo number "9700".
- Mark_15_torpedo productionDate "1940".
- Mark_15_torpedo propellant Methanol.
- Mark_15_torpedo range "6000".
- Mark_15_torpedo service "1938".
- Mark_15_torpedo speed "26.5".
- Mark_15_torpedo type Anti-surface_warfare.
- Mark_15_torpedo type Torpedo.
- Mark_15_torpedo wars World_War_II.
- Mark_15_torpedo weight "3841".
- Mark_15_torpedo subject Category:Torpedoes_of_the_United_States.
- Mark_15_torpedo subject Category:World_War_II_naval_weapons.
- Mark_15_torpedo type Device.
- Mark_15_torpedo type Weapon.
- Mark_15_torpedo type Product.
- Mark_15_torpedo type DesignedArtifact.
- Mark_15_torpedo comment "The Mark 15 torpedo, the standard U.S. destroyer-launched torpedo of World War II, was very similar in design to the Mark 14 torpedo except that it was longer, lighter, and had greater range and a larger warhead. During the war 9,700 were produced.The Mark 15 suffered from the same basic design problems that plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as it was by the submariners.".
- Mark_15_torpedo label "Mark 15 (siluro)".
- Mark_15_torpedo label "Mark 15 torpedo".
- Mark_15_torpedo label "Mk15 (魚雷)".
- Mark_15_torpedo label "Torpedo Mark 15".
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs Mark_15_(siluro).
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs Mk15_(魚雷).
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs Torpedo_Mark_15.
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs m.02qt43j.
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs Q3849429.
- Mark_15_torpedo sameAs Q3849429.
- Mark_15_torpedo wasDerivedFrom Mark_15_torpedo?oldid=560121245.
- Mark_15_torpedo depiction Above-water_Mark_15_torpedo_tube_installation_mounted_on_destroyers.jpg.
- Mark_15_torpedo isPrimaryTopicOf Mark_15_torpedo.
- Mark_15_torpedo name "Mark 15 torpedo".