Aerial view of Goat Island in Narragansett Bay and within the City of Newport, Rhode Island, United States which became home to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance Naval Torpedo Factory in 1869.Mark XIII torpedo with a practice warhead and fitted with a tail ring, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, 1944. The tail ring modification was the final alteration that made this a truly dependable weapon.The afterbody of a Mark XVIII torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 14 Sep 1945. The afterbodies held the electric motors with the batteries in the mid-bodies. The gyro section has been censored.
Aerial view of Goat Island in Narragansett Bay and within the City of Newport, Rhode Island, United States which became home to the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance Naval Torpedo Factory in 1869.Mark XIII torpedo with a practice warhead and fitted with a tail ring, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, 1944. The tail ring modification was the final alteration that made this a truly dependable weapon.The afterbody of a Mark XVIII torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 14 Sep 1945. The afterbodies held the electric motors with the batteries in the mid-bodies. The gyro section has been censored.


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