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by Rick Groleau The mission of a World War II submarine was usually pretty straightforward: seek out and destroy enemy vessels. To carry out the mission, the submarine relied on the automobile torpedo, a 3,000-pound, 18-foot-long, self-propelled missile consisting of 3,000 precision-built parts.* How a Torpedo Works reveals the inner workings of a torpedo and how a gyroscope and pendulum control its path through the water. Firing Procedure puts you in the role of skipper in a Gato-class U.S. submarine and explains, step by step, what you need to do to aim your torpedo at an enemy ship. Sink the Ship lets you be the specialist in a submarine's torpedo room who is in charge of setting torpedo gyroscopes. How a Torpedo Works Firing Procedure Sink the Ship requires the free Shockwave plug-in * This is a description of the Mark 14, a U.S.-built torpedo used during WWII. An automobile torpedo is a torpedo that is self propelled. This feature written with the help of John Fakan, PhD; Skipper, USS Cod. Tour U-869 | Sole Survivor | Hazards of Diving Deep 400 Years of Subs | Map of Lost U-Boats | Fire a Torpedo Resources | Transcript | Site Map | Hitler's Lost Sub Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000 |
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