Torpedo Instruction Pamphlet TS-5 (Paperback)

Created during WWII as an official training manual for the Fleet Torpedo School, this whopping 575+ page "pamphlet" contains everything you ever wanted to know about aircraft-launched torpedoes. Within its pages you'll find rare photographs and diagrams as well as informative text. This includes a brief history of the torpedo and a full rundown of the Mark 13, the first American torpedo to be designed solely for aircraft launch (although, they were also used aboard P.T. Boats). Chapters include: exercise heads and attachments, war head and attachments, air flask and midship section, reducing, superheating system and starting gear, propulsion mechanism, depth control mechanism, gyro mechanism including a description of Gyro Mark 12-1, adjustment and tests, and a discussion of loading, air trajectory and stabilizers. Originally restricted, this manual was declassified long ago. This high quality facsimile was created from a rare original. It presents the book in its entirety for the first time in 70 years.

General

Imprint:	Periscope Film
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Fleet Torpedo School • United States Navy
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	590
ISBN-13:	978-1-940453-29-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General
LSN:	1-940453-29-1
Barcode:	9781940453293

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