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    laboratories and facilities dating from World War I. In 1869, the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station was founded in Newport, Rhode Island on Goat Island, the site of Fort...
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    The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II. This weapon was plagued with many problems...
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    A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead...
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    It was also home to several military forts and to the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, and was the site of the attacks on HMS St John and HMS Liberty. Narragansett...
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    American 18-inch torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Howell torpedo Holland Torpedo Boat Company Holland Torpedo Boat Station Naval mines (which...
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    Naval Torpedo Station Newport concurrently with the Mark 14 and was first deployed in 1938. It served as a replacement for the Mark 8 torpedo, Mark 11...
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    from drums wound inside the torpedo. Differential speed on the wires connected to the shore station allowed the torpedo to be guided to its target, up...
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  • 1908, by the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. It was also the first torpedo to allow the firing ship to vary the torpedo's speed and range...
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    Bliss Company and entered full mass production in 1913 at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. It was deployed on destroyers and battleships...
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    The Mark 13 torpedo was the U.S. Navy's most common aerial torpedo of World War II. It was the first American torpedo to be originally designed for launching...
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  • The Mark 36 torpedo was a submarine-launched Anti-surface ship torpedo designed by General Electric and the Naval Torpedo Station in 1946. Further development...
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    77.039833°W / 38.804869; -77.039833 The Torpedo Factory Art Center is the former U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, a naval munitions factory on the banks of...
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    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...
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  • The Mark 17 torpedo was a long-range, high-speed torpedo developed by the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island and the Naval Research Laboratory...
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    U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria was a facility of the United States Navy, located in Alexandria, Virginia, that existed from 1918 to 1945. After...
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    18 torpedo was an electric torpedo used by the United States Navy during World War II. The Mark 18 was the first electric storage battery torpedo manufactured...
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  • manufactured by the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island, which built 200 units. The Mark 12 was similar to the Mark 11 torpedo, but with a lower high...
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    The Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the United States Navy's lightweight anti-submarine warfare torpedo inventory and is the NATO standard. These aerial...
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    The Mark 23 torpedo was a submarine-launched anti-surface ship torpedo designed and built by the Naval Torpedo Station for the United States Navy in World...
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    in torpedo development; and established a Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1870. The first vessel sunk by self-propelled torpedoes was...
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    An aerial torpedo (also known as an airborne torpedo or air-dropped torpedo) is a torpedo launched from a torpedo bomber aircraft into the water, after...
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    The Pontiac Torpedo was a full-sized car produced by Pontiac from the 1940 through the 1948 model year (war years excepted). When released, it was the...
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  • Supply Pier, Casco Bay Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island Naval...
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  • The Mark 20 torpedo was a US torpedo designed in 1943 but never used in service. Design was by Naval Torpedo Station Newport, the Electric Storage Battery...
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    Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., and the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island. The Mark 11 torpedo was also the first to feature a three-speed...
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    The Mark 16 torpedo was a redesign of the United States Navy's standard Mark 14 torpedo in use during World War II. It incorporated war-tested improvements...
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    United States Navy submarines, surface ships, and aircraft launch torpedoes, missiles, and autonomous undersea vehicles as part of training exercises...
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  • contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles (the classic photon torpedo) to melee (primarily used by the Klingons, a race of aliens in the Star...
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  • The Mark 24 Tigerfish was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1980s and 90s. Conceptual development dates to...
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    port) Marine Station Grønnedal in Greenland Marine Station Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands Torpedo Station Kongsøre (Frogman Corps and mine divers base) Lyngsbæk...
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