
Caption | Elco 80-foot motor torpedo boat simultaneously launching two practice torpedoes during a training exercise in United States waters, 1942-44. ww2dbase | ||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||
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Photos at Same Place | United States | ||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||
Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. Jeff Davidson says:
5 Jul 2018 10:07:48 AM
PT 731, note that the torpedoes are being fired by compressed air rather than the explosive charge used by earlier tubes.
5 Jul 2018 10:07:48 AM
PT 731, note that the torpedoes are being fired by compressed air rather than the explosive charge used by earlier tubes.
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14 Jun 2017 03:31:08 PM
a shame the torps were so bad in early part of the war