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Mark 10 torpedo
Type Anti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1915–1945
Used by Flag of the United States United States Navy
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer E. W. Bliss Company and Naval Torpedo Station[1]
Designed 1915[1]
Manufacturer Naval Torpedo Station[1][1]
Variants Mod 3[2]
Specifications
Mass 2215 pounds[1]
Length 195 inches[1]
Diameter 21 inches[1]

Effective firing range 3500 yards[1]
Warhead Mk 10 Mod 3, TNT[1]
Warhead weight 497 pounds[1]
Detonation
mechanism
Mk 3 contact exploder[1]

Engine Steam turbine[1]
Propellant Alcohol[1]
Maximum speed 36 knots[1]
Guidance
system
gyro, straight running[1]
Launch
platform
Submarines[1]

The Mark 10 torpedo was a torpedo first put into use by the United States in 1915 and used as the primary torpedo in the R-class and S-class submarines.[3] It used alcohol-water steam propulsion.[4] It was succeeded by the problematic Mark 14 torpedo, but remained in service in S-boats & fleet submarines through the Pacific War.[5] The Mark 10 featured the largest payload of any torpedo developed at that time.[1]

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