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The Mark 15 torpedo, the standard U.S. destroyer-launched torpedo of World War II, was very similar in design to the Mark 14 torpedo except that it was longer, lighter, and had greater range and a larger warhead. During the war 9,700 were produced.

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rdfs:label	Mark 15 torpedo
rdfs:comment	The Mark 15 torpedo, the standard U.S. destroyer-launched torpedo of World War II, was very similar in design to the Mark 14 torpedo except that it was longer, lighter, and had greater range and a larger warhead. During the war 9,700 were produced.
sameAs	dbr:Mark_15_torpedo
Length	288(xsd:integer)
dcterms:subject	World War II naval weapons dbkwik:resource/0b2AGgQgxhGlvir_bk1MsQ==
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Number	9700(xsd:integer)
Range	6000(xsd:integer)
is explosive	yes
detonation	Mk 6 Mod 13 contact exploder
diameter	21(xsd:integer)
Speed	26(xsd:double)
filling	HBX
Guidance	Gyroscope
Service	1938(xsd:integer)
Name	Mark 15 torpedo
Type	Torpedo Anti-surface warfare
filling weight	825.0
is missile	yes
Max range	15000(xsd:integer)
Wars	World War II
Weight	3841(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer	dbkwik:resource/EkZ29EhbzvHgsThY_BbOBQ== dbkwik:resource/cwDVrGmGeoUUgGhpLWWjNQ==
launch platform	Destroyers
is ranged	yes
propellant	dbkwik:resource/MU7qU2xZginVNztUakMwZA==
Engine	Wet-heater combustion / steam turbine with compressed air tank
production date	1940(xsd:integer)
design date	1938(xsd:integer)
Designer	dbkwik:resource/cwDVrGmGeoUUgGhpLWWjNQ==
abstract	The Mark 15 torpedo, the standard U.S. destroyer-launched torpedo of World War II, was very similar in design to the Mark 14 torpedo except that it was longer, lighter, and had greater range and a larger warhead. During the war 9,700 were produced. The Mark 15 suffered from the same basic design problems that plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as it was by the submariners. Surface-combatant torpedo attacks very often included confusing splashes from gunnery and aerial bombs, obscuring smoke screens, and quick maneuvering to evade counterattack. Rarely was a destroyer given a chance for a slow, careful surprise attack. Torpedo results were difficult to estimate under these circumstances. The correction of the Mark 15's problems would depend on the submariners solving theirs. The Battle of Vella Gulf on the night of August 6–7, 1943, was the first in which a surprise torpedo attack by U.S. gave the Americans an overwhelming advantage in the following gun battle, though one Japanese warship was hit by a dud torpedo and escaped. By September, 1943, effective methods of torpedo deployment were beginning to be distributed to all U.S. destroyers.

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