What was the range of the Japanese long lance torpedo?
25 miles
In 1933 the Japanese navy revolutionized the torpedo with its Type 93—a 30-foot-long, 3-ton monster whose extraordinary range (up to 25 miles) earned it the U.S. nickname “Long Lance.” It was a surface-launched torpedo, fitted for the tubes of cruisers and destroyers.
What was the longest torpedo?
Here’s what we can say: At more than six feet in diameter and 65 feet long, weighing perhaps a hundred tons, Poseidon is the largest torpedo ever developed, coming in at thirty times the size of a heavy torpedo. In fact, the torpedo is so big it can be carried only by specially modified submarines.
How heavy was a ww2 torpedo?
21″ (53.3 cm) Mark 18
| Ship Class Used On | Submarines |
|---|---|
| Date In Service | 1944 |
| Weight | Mod 0: 3,041 lbs. (1,379 kg) Mod 2: 3,061 lbs. (1,388 kg) |
| Overall Length | 20 ft 6 in (6.225 m) |
| Explosive Charge | Mod 0: 600 lbs. (272 kg) TPX Mod 1: 595 lbs. (270 kg) TPX or HBX |
How fast were World War II torpedoes?
From December 1941 to November 1943 the Mark 14 and the destroyer-launched Mark 15 torpedo had numerous technical problems that took almost two years to fix….
| Mark 14 torpedo | |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21 in (530 mm) |
| Effective firing range | 4,500 yards (4,100 m) at 46 knots (85 km/h) 9,000 yards (8,200 m) at 31 knots (57 km/h) |
What is the deadliest torpedo?
Mark 48 torpedo
| Mark 48 torpedo | |
|---|---|
| Maximum depth | 500 fathoms, 800 m (2,600 ft) (estimated), officially “greater than 1,200 ft” |
| Maximum speed | 55 kn (63 mph; 102 km/h) (estimated) officially “greater than 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)” |
| Guidance system | Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System |
| Launch platform | submarine |
Did they have homing torpedoes in ww2?
On the Allied side, the US Navy developed the Mark 24 mine, and was actually an aircraft launched, anti-submarine passive acoustic homing torpedo. 24s were delivered to the U.S. Navy in March 1943, and it scored its first verified combat kills in May 1943.