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Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo
Type Anti-surface ship torpedo [1]
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1906–1922 [1]
Used by United States Navy
Production history
Designer Frank McDowell Leavitt
Designed1906 [1]
Manufacturer E. W. Bliss Company
No. built208 [2]
Specifications
Massapproximately 1500 pounds [1]
Length197 inches (5.0 meters) [1]
Diameter21 inches (53.34 centimeters) [1]

Effective firing range4000 yards [1]
Warheadwet guncotton [1]
Warhead weightapproximately 200 pounds [1]
Detonation
mechanism
War Nose Mk 5 contact exploder [1]

EngineContra-rotating turbine [1]
Maximum speed 26 knots [1]
Guidance
system
gyroscope [1]
Launch
platform
battleships, torpedo boats and cruisers [1]

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo adopted by the United States Navy in 1906 for use in an anti-surface ship role. [1]

Characteristics

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 was very similar to the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo. The primary difference was a longer range of 4000 yards. Approximately 200 Mark 3s were produced for the US Navy.

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 was launched from battleships, torpedo boats and cruisers.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Torpedo History: Bliss-Leavitt Torpedo Mk3". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ^ "United States of America Torpedoes Pre-World War II". Retrieved 24 June 2013.