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Originally Posted by donut
Does a Gato have two muzzle doors,outer hull,& inner muzzel? The breech door is in the torp.rm. When ordered ,open outer doors it was just the hull doors? someone set me straight here!:hmm:
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Fleet boats had breech doors (to TR), muzzle doors, and shutters. Shutters streamlined the outer hull for greater speed.
For highly detailed specs and drawings of torpedo tubes see
http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/tubes/index.htm
Look under "Muzzzle Door and Its Mechanism" for details and pictures of shutters.