Torpedo - Wikipedia
WEBA modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, such a device was called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo; colloquially a fish.
The world’s deadliest torpedoes - Naval Technology
WEBJun 8, 2014 · Torpedoes are the most preferred lethal underwater weapons for naval platforms such as submarines, surface vessels, aircraft and helicopters. Naval-technology.com lists the world’s most advanced torpedoes based on performance characteristics such as speed, range and operating depth.
Torpedo | Naval Weapon, Submarine Warfare & History | Britannica
WEBtorpedo, cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater missile, launched from a submarine, surface vessel, or airplane and designed for exploding upon contact with the hulls of surface vessels and submarines.
Navy’s Use of Torpedoes - NHHC
WEBNov 28, 2023 · The Navy produced about 50 of the Howell torpedoes for tactical use. Eventually, the U.S. would go to the Whitehead and Bliss-Leavitt torpedoes that would make up the U.S. arsenal until 1910....
Here Comes the Navy’s First New Torpedo in Decades - Popular Mechanics
WEBJan 1, 2021 · The U.S. Navy plans to field its first new torpedo in decades, and one candidate is Northrop Grumman's Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT). Originally designed to protect aircraft carriers from ...
The Journey of the Torpedo’s History - Submarine Force Library ...
WEBToday’s definition of a torpedo is “a long metal cylinder with an explosive warhead, propelled through the water by an internal combustion engine or batteries.
A Massive Torpedo | Naval History Magazine - April 2019 Volume …
WEBThe single greatest surprise the U.S. Navy suffered in the Solomon Islands campaign was the Japanese Type 93 torpedo. Fired by cruisers and destroyers, it was much more massive than U.S. torpedoes—but more important was its spectacular combination of long range and high speed.
Torpedoes: Get Smaller to Think Bigger | Proceedings - March …
WEBTorpedoes: Get Smaller to Think Bigger. General Prize Essay Contest—Third Prize. Sponsored by Andrew and Barbara Taylor. Advanced capability but limited capacity is insufficient. Submarines need torpedoes by the dozens—if not hundreds. By Lieutenant Commander Patrick Rawlinson, U.S. Navy. March 2024. Proceedings. Vol. 150/3/1,453. …
Torpedo (weapon) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBJun 27, 2018 · The torpedo, a self‐propelled and self‐guided underwater explosive device, was invented in 1866 by Robert Whitehead, a British engineer working for the Austro‐Hungarian Navy. The U.S. Navy evinced early interest in the device and established in 1869 the Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island.
Torpedoes - National Museum of American History
WEBA torpedo is a long metal cylinder with an explosive warhead, propelled through the water by an internal combustion engine or batteries. Modern torpedoes are wire-guided: a thin wire spooling from the torpedo links it to the submarine's fire control computer, from which guidance commands in the form of digital electronic signals flow.
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