Mk-48 Torpedo Results

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by PacificWolf

Yes youre right, but i wonder how many of them needs to hit a battleship to sunk.

Musashi was hit by 17 bombs and 19 torpedoes. Yamato was hit by 12 bombs and 7 torpedoes. Both cases were probably overkill, and I would guess it would take not more than four of five Mk 48s to sink them. Their sister Shinano was turned into an aircraft carrier which was sunk by 4 torpedoes from USS Archerfish, but there were special circumstances contributing to her sinking.

And another question, was there a battleship that was split in two in any war? Im just curious.

Hood, of course. Any ship suffering a main magazine explosion involving firing charges for 80-100 shells will certain crack the keel and break the ship in two.