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Old 02-08-07, 09:24 PM   #1
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Of the 106 launched, the Mk 27 achieved a 31% hit rate sinking 24 ships and damaging an additional 9.

Which is still a hell of a lot better than what the Germans achieved with their own acoustic torpedoes. Then again, the Japanese never managed to develop countermeasures against it before the end of the war. I'm not sure if they even knew it existed.
The poor Japanese. By the time they finally started building proper radar-equpped escorts in numbers they were being sunk from the air by carriers as well as from below the sea. Better yet, the Japanese never got to read our mail the way Bletchley Park would eventually read Donitz's.
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Old 02-08-07, 10:00 PM   #2
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An excellent book on this particular subject is Hellions of the Deep: The Development of American Torpedoes in World War II by Robert Gannon (ISBN: 027101508X). Highly recommended for anyone interested in US torpedoes.

I think it's out of print but you can easily find a copy on abebooks.com or a similar used book website.
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This is what I like most about this forum.....this thread is dead-on-ballz accurate.....Occasionally though another Gato vs VII diatribe rears it's ugly head where someone is pontificating on how the VII is better than the Gato and so on and so forth.....

One doesn't have to look very hard to find a group discussion which actually contains relevant and interesting information.......You guys are GOOD!
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Old 02-08-07, 11:26 PM   #4
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Here is a couple of links,

This one talks about the use of torpedos in real life

http://www.geocities.com/thomasdclayjr/Torpedoes.html

This one list all types developed, used or experemental

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_WWII.htm

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