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... torpedo range of the entrance . " Earlier that same month , British aerial torpedo attacks had sunk three Italian battleships in Taranto , a harbor about the depth of Pearl's . In April 1937 , while entering Tokyo Bay in a merchant ship ...
... torpedo range of the entrance . " Earlier that same month , British aerial torpedo attacks had sunk three Italian battleships in Taranto , a harbor about the depth of Pearl's . In April 1937 , while entering Tokyo Bay in a merchant ship ...
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... torpedo station , controlled by grossly inefficient Civil Service bureau- crats , nominally commanded by weak - kneed naval officers , had provided the U.S. Navy with next to worthless torpedoes at the start of a major war for national ...
... torpedo station , controlled by grossly inefficient Civil Service bureau- crats , nominally commanded by weak - kneed naval officers , had provided the U.S. Navy with next to worthless torpedoes at the start of a major war for national ...
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... torpedo could break ships ' backs with a 1,000 - pound warhead . Approximately 500 - pound U.S. Navy warheads , mounted on torpedoes that ran one - fifth the Japanese distance at lower speed , left a telltale wake of bubbles . One type ...
... torpedo could break ships ' backs with a 1,000 - pound warhead . Approximately 500 - pound U.S. Navy warheads , mounted on torpedoes that ran one - fifth the Japanese distance at lower speed , left a telltale wake of bubbles . One type ...
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