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Mark 10 torpedo
The Mark 10 torpedo was a torpedo put into use by the United States in 1915. It was derived from the Mark 9 aircraft torpedo converted to submarine use. It was used as the primary torpedo in the R- and S-class submarines. It used alcohol-water steam turbine propulsion. It was succeeded by the problematic Mark 14 torpedo, but remained in service in S-boats & fleet submarines through the Pacific War. The Mark 10 featured the largest warhead ( of TNT) of any U.S.
the Mark 10 torpedo, with its contact exploder, could not disable a major warship. Torpedoes would need to explode underneath a capital ship, where there were no blisters or other armor. The Mark 14 torpedo was designed at the Newport Torpedo Station (NTS), Newport, to replace the Mark 10, which had been in service since World War I. Its fairly small warhead required it to explode beneath the keel where there was no armor.
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