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Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo
Type Anti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1908–1922[1]
Used by Flag of the United States United States Navy
Production history
Designer Frank McDowell Leavitt
Designed 1908[1]
Manufacturer E. W. Bliss Company
No. built 100
Variants Mod 1[2]
Specifications
Mass approximately 1500 pounds[1]
Length 197 inches (5.0 meters)[1]
Diameter 17.7 inches (45 centimeters)[1]

Detonation
mechanism
War Nose Mk 1 contact exploder[1]

Engine Vertical turbine[1]
Guidance
system
gyroscope[1]
Launch
platform
submarines[1]

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo developed and produced by the E. W. Bliss Company in 1908. It was the first American-built torpedo specifically designed to be launched from a submarine.[2] About 100 Mark 4s were purchased for experimental purposes by the United States Navy, which led to design improvements to the gyro and the reducing valve. The Mark 4 and all other torpedoes designed before the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo, were considered obsolete and withdrawn from service in 1922.[1]

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