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Schematic drawing of the Mark XVIII torpedo from the US Navy Ordnance Pamphlet No. 946 dated Apr 1943.The afterbody of a Mark XVIII torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 14 Sep 1945. The afterbodies held the electric motors with the batteries in the mid-bodies. The gyro section has been censored.
Schematic drawing of the Mark XVIII torpedo from the US Navy Ordnance Pamphlet No. 946 dated Apr 1943.The afterbody of a Mark XVIII torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 14 Sep 1945. The afterbodies held the electric motors with the batteries in the mid-bodies. The gyro section has been censored.
A display of three World War II torpedoes from three nations. Top, a British Mark IX; middle, a German G7e(TIII); and bottom, a US Mark XVIII. Dutch National War and Resistance Museum Overloon, Netherlands, 1987
A display of three World War II torpedoes from three nations. Top, a British Mark IX; middle, a German G7e(TIII); and bottom, a US Mark XVIII. Dutch National War and Resistance Museum Overloon, Netherlands, 1987


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