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Originally Posted by TorpX
Were they considered experimental? Maybe I should go back and read it again. I remember O'Kane had awful problems with his torps, as well. I forget which patrol(s). What bothered me most about Fluckey's patrol was that this was at the last stage of the war. It suggests that the USN never did solve it's torpedo issues.
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Not sure if they were considered experimental or not, but the Mk 28s he was given were not standard issue.
IIRC the problem with them was that they would follow the sound waves that bounced off the ocean floor or some such.
Only 14 of the weapons were fired during the war for 4 hits.