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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: July 31, 2010
Caption: MK14 Steam-Driven Torpedo
Additional Description: The mounted display is a MK14 steam-driven torpedo fired by U.S. submarines in World War II. One of four types of torpedoes U.S. submarines used during the war, the MK14 sank a majority of the 1392 Japanese vessels credited to the U.S. Submarine Force in the Pacific. The 1179 merchant ships and 214 naval vessels destroyed by our submarine force totaled over 5 million tons by the end of the war. The MK14 torpedo is 246 inches long, 21 inches in diameter and weighs 3282 pounds. Its 600 pound warhead was the equivalent of 1000 pounds of TNT. The torpedo had a 32 knot maximum speed and a 4500 yard range.
Submitted: August 4, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p121029
File Size: 0.786 Megabytes

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