Aviation Ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Bennington, May 1945. Note the torpedo’s plywood drag ring on the nose and wooden tail shroud.

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Caption     Aviation Ordinancemen loading a Mark XIII torpedo into the bomb bay of a TBM Avenger aboard USS Bennington, May 1945. Note the torpedo’s plywood drag ring on the nose and wooden tail shroud. ww2dbase
Date  May 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-K-4267
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 700 x 902 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
18 Oct 2015 01:01:58 PM

The Japanese used break-away wooden tail shrouds on torpedoes for shallow water drops (such as Pearl Harbor) so the torpedoes would not plunge too deeply after the initial drop but the United States applied these wooden attachments (also designed to break away) for high altitude, high speed drops to cushion the initial impact with the water and not damage the torpedo (“high altitude, high speed” in this sense means “800 feet, 260 knots”).

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