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Drawing of the Mark XIII aerial torpedo showing the wooden tail shroud and the plywood drag ring on the nose. Both were designed to stabilize the torpedo during the drop and then break off on impact with the water.

Caption   Drawing of the Mark XIII aerial torpedo showing the wooden tail shroud and the plywood drag ring on the nose. Both were designed to stabilize the torpedo during the drop and then break off on impact with the water. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 22 Feb 2014
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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