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	Torpedo - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet long projecting forward under water from the bow of the attacking vessel.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the caliber of the gun.
	torpedo.quickseek.com (3307 words)

	21-Inch Submerged Torpedo Tubes - Chapter 7
		The depth setting mechanism on the torpedo tube sets the mechanism in the afterbody of the torpedo for the depth under water at which it is determined the torpedo is to travel while on its course to its target.
		This spindle in the torpedo is engaged by a spindle which has a squared socket wrench at its lower end, this socket being suspended flexibly, in pendulum fashion, and passing down into the tube from the depth setting mechanism attached on the outer side of the barrel.
		On a port bow tube or a starboard stern tube, the socket in the torpedo which is engaged by the spindle is on the inboard side of the tube, the side nearest the center line of the vessel, when the, torpedo is placed in the tube.
	www.maritime.org /fleetsub/tubes/chap7.htm (7423 words)

	Torpedos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the torpedo left the tube, a lever activated the torpedo motor, usually steam that was generated by mixing alcohol and kerosene.
		This $10,000 torpedo was similar to the improved Mark 14, it was equipped with a conventional contact exploder and was one of the last steam-driven weapons.
		The torpedoes were ejected from the tubes with a burst of high pressure air and could be conveniently fitted almost anywhere on the superstructure.
	www.de220.com /Armament/Torpedoes/Torpedoes.htm (1207 words)

	DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS
		The vessel shall be made complete in all respects by the contractor, with all compartments and spaces with their contents, as described by the contract plans or the specifications.
		The vessels shall be fitted complete with the necessary equipment for steering, towing, warping, stowage, and with such other arrangements as may be necessary for the proper handling, operating and controlling of the vessel and its equipment.
		Vessels shall be painted and varnished throughout, with a sufficient number of coats to preserve the surface and to obtain a satisfactory finish.
	www.hnsa.org /doc/pt/specs (10366 words)

	Torpedo info here at en.allcoolsites.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Torpedoâs Divinity Lectures At last Morpheus reminded me of Dr. Torpedoâs divinity lectures, where the voice, the manner, the matter, even the very atmosphere, and the streamy candle-light were all alike somnific; â“where he who by strong effort lifted up his head,...
		In naval usage, the term "torpedo" was used by Robert Fulton who used the word for the towed gunpowder charge used by his submarine Nautilus in 1800â“1805 to demonstrate that it could sink warships.
		Modern torpedoes utilize a variety of energy sources that include gas turbines (the British Spearfish torpedo), monopropellants and sulphur hexafluoride gas sprayed over a block of solid lithium.
	en.allcoolsites.info /Torpedo (3615 words)

	Torpedo
		A modern torpedo is a self-propelled guided projectile that operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target.
		In naval usage, the term "torpedo" was first used by Robert Fulton who used it in reference to his Nautilus submarine in 1800.
		This use of the word to refer to what are now called mines lasted until World War I, as other torpedoes were developed the term was modified to stationary torpedo and the term mine was also used.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Torpedo (1194 words)

	Torpedo : search word
		Torpedo Exercise in Plymouth The word torpedo comes from the Torpedo genus of electric rays in the order Torpediniformes, which in turn comes from the Latin "torpere", to be stiffened or paralyzed.
		A torpedo dropped from a [[Sopwith Cuckoo during WW I]] Attempts had been made to develop unpowered but directable towed torpedoes, such as Harvey's Sea Torpedo.
		Narrow miss by a German torpedo in [[World War I]] During World War I, torpedoes came to mean self-propelled projectiles fired from a ship or submarine.
	www.searchword.org /to/torpedo.html (1495 words)

	Submarine Torpedo Fire Control Manual
		The ratio of the angular or linear distance between the wing torpedoes of a salvo to the angular or linear length of the target corrected for the torpedo track angle.
		NOTE The excluded portion of the gyro angle is that due to the tactical characteristics of the torpedo and the torpedo tube parallax.
		It is measured clockwise from the bow of the submarine from 000 degrees to 360 degrees.
	hnsa.org /doc/attack (15158 words)

	21-Inch Submerged Torpedo Tubes - Chapter 12
		this position, the torpedo should be approximately centered in the tube, there should be no binding or scraping during the loading, of a torpedo, and the depth, gyro, and speed setting spindles should engage and disengage in the sockets of the torpedo readily.
		Proper ejection of a torpedo is dependent upon the attainment of a proper tube pressure, which should be neither too high nor too low, and this, in turn, depends entirely upon the automatic operation of the firing valve.
		Careless loading of the torpedo into the barrel is the usual cause, and particular care should be taken to bring the torpedo against the stop bolt gently.
	www.maritime.org /fleetsub/tubes/chap12.htm (3620 words)

	BAE Systems Land and Armaments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Land and Armaments, headquartered in the United States as part of BAE Systems Inc, took control of BAE's existing land systems businesses.
		Mark 45 5 inch/54 caliber and 62 caliber lightweight naval gun
		Mark 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures) chaff and decoy launchers
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BAE_Systems_Land_and_Armaments (712 words)

	World Affairs Board - The Shkval: awesome new torpedo
		Upon launch of the Mark 48 a retaliatory VA-111 Shkval is fired down the trajectory of the incoming torpedo, straight at the Los Angeles class, forcing it to maneuver and thus cut the guidance wire to its own fish!
		The Shkval may be considered a follow-on to the Russian BGT class of evasion torpedoes, which are fired in the direction of an incoming torpedo to try to force an attacking to evade (and hopefully snap the torpedo's guidance wires).
		The solid-rocket propelled "torpedo" achieves high speeds by producing a high-pressure stream of bubbles from its nose and skin, which coats the torpedo in a thin layer of gas and forms a local "envelope" of supercavitating bubbles.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=1173&pp=50 (2922 words)

	Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) STUDY GUIDE July 25, 1997 - Kitty Hawk
		When a man overboard is reported, a plotter must quickly mark the spot indicating the ship's present position, and change the DRT scale to 200 yds.
		Marked on the compass bowl is a line, called the lubber's line, which agrees with the fore-and-aft line of the ship or boat.
		The slide cylinder area is a bearing surface on the slide during recoil and counter recoil.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/navy/docs/esws.htm (19933 words)

	Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force
		For the past six years, the official force goal for surface combatants was 116.
		That force would comprise 104 large cruisers and destroyers as well as 56 new, much smaller vessels called littoral combat ships--which are expected to be an important element of the Bush Administration's plans for transforming the Navy.
		Reaching the Navy's new force goal by building more surface combatants would require a substantial investment, which would compete with other demands, including different transformation efforts and ship programs.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=4130&sequence=2 (1152 words)

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		In April the tempo of operations quickened as Cecil was detached to augment SEVENTH Fleet forces working in support of operations in the Republic of Vietnam.
		They have a maximum effective surface range against sea or land targets of eight miles and are able to deliver an average sustained firing rate of one projectile every four seconds.
		In this mission, Cecil is served by her two installed surface detection radars and the Mark 37 Gunfire Radar Systems.
	world.std.com /~ecrowley/cpc/welcome_aboard.html (819 words)

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