Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo

Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo
Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo outside the torpedo factory on Goat Island, Newport, Rhode Island, August 1913.
TypeAnti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1912–1945[1]
Used byUnited States Navy
WarsWorld War II
Production history
DesignerFrank McDowell Leavitt
Designed1911[1]
ManufacturerE. W. Bliss Company
No. built240[2]
VariantsShort Mark 7 torpedo
Mod A[2]
Mod 2A
Mod 5A
Specifications
Mass1628 pounds[1]
Length204 inches[1]
Diameter17.7 inches (45 centimeters)[1]

Effective firing range3500–6000 yards[1]
WarheadMk 7 Mod 5, TNT or Torpex
Warhead weight326 pounds[1]
Detonation
mechanism
Mk 3 Mod 1 contact exploder[1]

EngineTurbine[1]
Maximum speed 35 knots
Guidance
system
Gyroscope[1]
Launch
platform
Destroyers and submarines[1]

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo developed and produced by the E. W. Bliss Company and the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island in 1911.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Torpedo History: Bliss-Leavitt Torpedo Mk7". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b "United States of America, Torpedoes Pre-World War II". Retrieved 25 June 2013.