Torpedo Model: US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8

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Related Types	Ship Classes Initially Use
Related Pages	Standard View \| Contemporaries
Torpedo Model	US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8


Depicted In Image
Developed By Country	United States
Designed By Body	E W Bliss Co.
Design YMD	1910 Jan 01
In Service YMD	1911 Jan 01
Diameter	21in
Length	6.51m
Overall Mass	1.179Mg
Warhead Mass	211kg
Payload Percent	17.897
Explosive	TNT
Torpedo Propulsion	Wet Heater
Maximum	36kt
Range At Max Speed	4 600m
Contemporary Torpedo Model	US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8 \| JPN 21in 53cm Type 43 1910 \| JPN 18in 45cm Type 43 1910 \| BR 18in Mark VII \| US 18in Bliss Leavitt Mark 6 \| JPN 21in 53cm Type 44 No 1 1911 \| JPN 21in 53cm Type 44 No 2 1911 \| JPN 18in 45cm Type 44 No 1 1911 \| JPN 18in 45cm Type 44 No 2 1911 \| RU 18in 45cm M 1910 \| RU 18in 45cm M 1907 1908 \| RU 18in 45cm Model 1912 \| GR 50cm G7
Torpedo Model Type	Surface
Torpedo Size	21in
Intially Used By Ship Class	USS Sampson \| GRC Aetos \| ARG La Plata \| ARG San Luis \| ARG Mendoza \| ARG Catamarca \| USS Caldwell \| USS Wickes \| USS Clemson

Torpedo Armaments
1) Torpedo Armament	2) 1: Tube	3) 1: As Built Of Ship Class	4) 3: Primary Image	5) 3: Completed YMD
ARG Catamarca Torpedo 4 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	4
ARG La Plata Torpedo 4 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	4
ARG Mendoza Torpedo 4 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	4
ARG San Luis Torpedo 4 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	4
GRC Aetos Torpedo 4 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	4
USS Caldwell Torpedo 12 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	12
USS Clemson Torpedo 12 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	12
USS Sampson Torpedo 12 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	12	USS Sampson		1916 Jun 27
USS Wickes Torpedo 12 X US 21in Bliss Leavitt Mark 8	12

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1:	3) 2: Page Number
Naval Weapons Of World War Two	N	157

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