Here's what was recently posted on the Batfish forum:
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Hi,
We are awarded 1 MK 27 and 1 MK 16.
Sizes as below
MK 27 21” Diameter X 10.6 feet long weight about 7-800 lbs. (Cutie)
Mk 16 21” X 20.5 feet long weighs about 2800 Lbs. (Navol torpedo)
Both fish are intended to be loaded aboard Batfish
Both torpedoes are at Naval Undersea Weapons Museum in Keyport, WA (Outside Seattle.)
Awaiting formal Loan agreement with exact requirements for shipping.
We are also promised from Gyrodyne Helicopter Association in Reno, NV 3ea Mk 44 torpedoes. (These are air or surface launched 12.5 inch X 8.2 feet weigh about 300# each)
1-Mk 44 is for Batfish
1-MK 44 is for Razorback in Little Rock
1-MK44 is for USS Drum (Battle Ship Memorial Park in Mobile, AL )
This will probably handle separately from the MK 27 and MK 16.
Best, Dennis
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I'm not familiar with a Mk. 16. I looked it up and even though it was developed late in WWII, it wasn't used until after the war and into the 1970's. It also used hydrogen peroxide as fuel.