Mark XIV Photographs | World War II Database


Cutaway diagram of the Mark XIV torpedo, 1940s.	Aerial view of Goat Island in Narragansett Bay and within the City of Newport, Rhode Island, United States which became home to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance Naval Torpedo Factory in 1869.

United States Navy photograph showing the size comparison between the Mark XIV submarine torpedo (top) and the Mark XIII aerial torpedo.	Seven United States Navy officers and one Chief Petty Officer pose with the station’s first Mark XIV torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station at Keyport, Washington, United States, 1943.

United States Navy Mark XIV submarine torpedo balanced in Shop 41 at the Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia, 1944.	Letter from Albert Einstein to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance describing the forces experienced by a torpedo’s firing pin mechanism upon impact with a solid object, 4 Jan 1944, page 1 of 2.

Letter from Albert Einstein to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance describing the forces experienced by a torpedo’s firing pin mechanism upon impact with a solid object, 4 Jan 1944, page 2 of 2.	Department heads at the United States Navy’s Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia posing with the last Mark XIV torpedo produced at the facility, Aug 1945.

United States Navy Mark XIV torpedo on display at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Asan Beach, Guam, Mariana Islands. 2011 photo.