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Revision as of 14:13, 22 January 2014
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Type | Anti-surface ship torpedo[1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1906–1922[1] |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | Frank McDowell Leavitt |
Designed | 1906[1] |
Manufacturer | E. W. Bliss Company |
No. built | 208[2] |
Specifications | |
Mass | approximately 1500 pounds[1] |
Length | 197 inches (5.0 meters)[1] |
Diameter | 21 inches (53.34 centimeters)[1] |
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Effective firing range | 4000 yards[1] |
Warhead | wet guncotton[1] |
Warhead weight | approximately 200 pounds[1] |
Detonation mechanism | War Nose Mk 5 contact exploder[1] |
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Engine | Contra-rotating turbine[1] |
Maximum speed | 26 knots[1] |
Guidance system | gyroscope[1] |
Launch platform | battleships, torpedo boats and cruisers[1] |
The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo adopted by the United States Navy for use in an anti-surface ship in 1906.[1]
Characteristics
The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 was very similar to the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo. The primary difference was a longer range of 4000 yards. Approximately 200 Mark 3s were produced for the US Navy.
The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 was launched from battleships, torpedo boats and cruisers.
References
- ↑ "United States of America Torpedoes Pre-World War II". http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_PreWWII.htm. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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