Topic

Mark 14 Torpedo

US submarine torpedo whose depth-control and exploder defects caused early Pacific attack failures.

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    1:01:20A larger escort force and the Mark 14 counterfactualNotable Point
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    1:24:41Singapore could give US submarines a better-tested torpedo optionNotable Point
  5. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    3:50:38British warnings about the Mark 14 torpedoQ&A
  6. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    17:41Working torpedoes as the US Navy's 1937 stockpileQ&A
  7. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:10:28HMS Vernon tested worse ideas than the Mark 14Q&A
  8. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:55Changing the Bureau of Ordnance's leadership cultureQ&A
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    3:31:41Torpedo defects aboard the transferred Town-class destroyersQ&A
  10. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:06Why BuOrd denied the Mark 13 and Mark 14 failuresQ&A
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    1:57:15How reliable Mark 14 torpedoes could shorten the Pacific WarQ&A
  13. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
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  14. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:26:04Could American submarines use British torpedo technology?Q&A
  15. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:03:02An Army troubleshooter fixes the Mark 14 torpedoQ&A
  16. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
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  17. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:23How the Royal Navy might have handled Mark 14 failuresQ&A
  18. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:00:01Mark 14 torpedo failures versus the Bomber MafiaQ&A
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    1:57:07Could US submarines have used British torpedoes?Q&A
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    1:29:16The Mark 14 torpedo and responsibility for inadequate testingQ&A
  23. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:00Testing the Mark 14 torpedo in different environmentsNotable Point
  24. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:43:57What if every Axis torpedo became an early Mark 14?Q&A
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    19:13Sources for torpedo explosives and RDXNotable Point
  31. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
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  32. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
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    2:18:10What a Long Lance and Mark 14 swap reveals about doctrineQ&A
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    2:34:13The Mark 14 torpedo as a testing failureQ&A
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    2:29:22Would more American cruisers have exposed torpedo defects?Q&A
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    49:20Testing the Mark 14 torpedo before American entryQ&A
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    1:39:13How First World War torpedo triggers compared with the Mark 14Q&A
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