Mark 28 torpedo, the Glossary
The Mark 28 torpedo was a submarine-launched, acoustic homing torpedo designed by Westinghouse Electric in 1944 for the United States Navy.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Acoustic torpedo, American 21-inch torpedo, Electric motor, Gyroscope, High Blast Explosive, Mark 37 torpedo, Submarine, Torpedo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, World War II.
- World War II weapons of the United States
Acoustic torpedo
An acoustic torpedo is a torpedo that aims itself by listening for characteristic sounds of its target or by searching for it using sonar (acoustic homing). Mark 28 torpedo and acoustic torpedo are torpedoes.
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American 21-inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21-inch torpedoes in service with the United States. Mark 28 torpedo and American 21-inch torpedo are torpedoes, torpedoes of the United States and Unmanned underwater vehicles.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
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Gyroscope
A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gŷros, "round" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity.
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High Blast Explosive
High Blast Explosive, or HBX, is an explosive used as a bursting charge in missile warheads, mines, depth bombs, depth charges, and torpedoes.
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Mark 37 torpedo
The Mark 37 torpedo is a torpedo with electrical propulsion, developed for the US Navy after World War II. Mark 28 torpedo and Mark 37 torpedo are torpedoes of the United States.
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Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Torpedo
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 designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Mark 28 torpedo and torpedo are torpedoes and Unmanned underwater vehicles.
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation (later CBS Corporation) was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
World War II weapons of the United States
- 0.60
- 2.25-Inch Sub-Caliber Aircraft Rocket
- 3.5-Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket
- 37 mm gun M1
- 4.5-Inch Beach Barrage Rocket
- 5-Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket
- 7.2-Inch Demolition Rocket
- American military technology during World War II
- Anti-Aircraft Target Rocket M2
- Azon
- Bat bomb
- Fat Man
- GB-4
- High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
- Hispano-Suiza HS.404
- List of World War II weapons of the United States
- List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation
- Little Boy
- M16 (rocket)
- M8 (rocket)
- Mark 13 torpedo
- Mark 14 torpedo
- Mark 15 torpedo
- Mark 16 torpedo
- Mark 17 torpedo
- Mark 18 torpedo
- Mark 23 torpedo
- Mark 24 mine
- Mark 27 torpedo
- Mark 28 torpedo
- Mousetrap (weapon)
- Operation Aphrodite
- Project Pigeon
- Ronson flamethrower
- Third Shot
- Tiny Tim (rocket)
- VB-6 Felix