Hmmm, I'm not convinced the larger torpedoes floated. I think they are a couple of hundred pound heavier than the water they displace according to my highly accurate napkin and pencil calculations
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Originally Posted by DaveyJ576
In 1985 on the Darter, we were in Pearl Harbor and had to unload some Mk 37 warshots to storage. The way our after torpedo room was arranged, it was a lot easier to just float them out of the tubes and hoist them to the pier with a crane.
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OK, so the Mk. 37 is a 19" swim out torpedo, like the cutie? There'd be no suction holding it in the tube, like there would be for a 21" torpedo. Would it still be possible with a 21" torpedo? Would you have to have the flood or vent valves open to let air or water in behind the torpedo, or you'd have a bit of a job on your hands?