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Property	Value
rdf:type	Weapon
rdfs:label	Mark 13 torpedo
rdfs:comment	The Mark 13 torpedo was the U.S. Navy's most common aerial torpedo of World War II. It was the first American torpedo to be originally designed for launching from aircraft only. At the close of the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes available, "universally accepted as the best aircraft torpedo owned by any nation." They were also used on PT boats.
owl:sameAs	dbr:Mark_13_torpedo
Length	161
dcterms:subject	World War II naval weapons dbkwik:resource/mQ7YUaCLSYC8juze2Hwi7w== dbkwik:resource/0b2AGgQgxhGlvir_bk1MsQ==
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Number	16600
Range	6300
is explosive	yes
detonation	Mk 8, contact
diameter	22.500000
Origin	United States of America
Speed	33.500000
filling	Torpex
Guidance	gyroscope
Service	1936
Name	Aerial Torpedo Attack - High Speed High Altitude Mark 13 torpedo
Type	Aerial Torpedo
filling weight	600
Caption	A Mark 13B torpedo being loaded onto a TBF Avenger aboard the Wasp in 1944; the torpedo is fitted with wooden breakaway nose and tail protection which is shed upon hitting the water
is missile	yes
Wars	World War II
Weight	2216
Manufacturer	dbkwik:resource/cwDVrGmGeoUUgGhpLWWjNQ== dbkwik:resource/rlICr-0bQUVljNNAE6Kc6A== Amertorp Corporation Pontiac Motor Division
launch platform	Douglas TBD Devastator dbkwik:resource/dXYQ4rt-91fZoU30NX1pWQ==
ID	gov.archives.arc.13042
is ranged	yes
Engine	dbkwik:resource/zLGBbGq9P7KKpmc_5qPN-Q==
production date	1942
design date	1925
Variants	Mod 1 Mod 2 Mod 2A - Mod 13
Designer	Bureau of Ordnance Bureau of Aeronautics
abstract	The Mark 13 torpedo was the U.S. Navy's most common aerial torpedo of World War II. It was the first American torpedo to be originally designed for launching from aircraft only. At the close of the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes available, "universally accepted as the best aircraft torpedo owned by any nation." They were also used on PT boats.