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The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo was the United States Navy's first 21-inch by 21-foot torpedo and was widely used in its torpedo boat force at the beginning of World War II. The torpedo was originally designed in 1911 by Frank McDowell Leavitt of the E. W. Bliss Company and entered full mass production in 1913 at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. Under the Lend-Lease Act, about 600 Mark 8 torpedoes were issued to the United Kingdom for use with 50 destroyers it received under the same program.

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  • Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo
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  • The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo was the United States Navy's first 21-inch by 21-foot torpedo and was widely used in its torpedo boat force at the beginning of World War II. The torpedo was originally designed in 1911 by Frank McDowell Leavitt of the E. W. Bliss Company and entered full mass production in 1913 at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. Under the Lend-Lease Act, about 600 Mark 8 torpedoes were issued to the United Kingdom for use with 50 destroyers it received under the same program.
Length
  • 256(xsd:double)
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Range
  • 16000(xsd:integer)
is explosive
  • yes
detonation
  • Mk 3 Mod 2, contact
diameter
  • 21(xsd:integer)
Origin
Speed
  • 36(xsd:integer)
filling
  • TNT, Mk 8 Mod 4
Guidance
  • gyroscope
Service
  • 1911(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo
Type
filling weight
  • 466(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 Torpedo sitting on the deck of PT 21
is missile
  • yes
Wars
Weight
  • 2600(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
is UK
  • no
launch platform
  • Destroyers and PT boats
is ranged
  • yes
propellant
  • Water
  • Alcohol
  • Air
Engine
design date
  • 1911(xsd:integer)
Variants
  • Mod 1
  • Mod 2
  • Mod 2A
  • Mod 2B
  • Mod 3
  • Mod 3A
  • Mod 3B
  • Mod 3C
  • Mod 3D
  • Mod 5
  • Mod 6
  • Mod 8
Designer
abstract
  • The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo was the United States Navy's first 21-inch by 21-foot torpedo and was widely used in its torpedo boat force at the beginning of World War II. The torpedo was originally designed in 1911 by Frank McDowell Leavitt of the E. W. Bliss Company and entered full mass production in 1913 at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. Under the Lend-Lease Act, about 600 Mark 8 torpedoes were issued to the United Kingdom for use with 50 destroyers it received under the same program.
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