
Caption | US Sailor removing the securing lines before launching a Mark XIII aerial torpedo from PT Boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Florida, United States, 1944. ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-K-6658 | |||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 22 Feb 2014 | |||||||
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26 Oct 2015 02:44:02 PM
The sailor is wearing swim trunks, a flak jacket, and a helmet. Dropping aerial torpedoes over the sides of PT Boats allowed the boats to remove the heavy torpedo tube launchers and replace that weight with additional gun and cannon mounts. When launching torpedoes with this method, the torpedo is not rolled off the skids but is slid off the rails so as to not tumble the gyros.