Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo

Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo
Type	Anti-surface ship torpedo^[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1908–1922^[1]
Used by	United States Navy
Production history
Designer	Frank McDowell Leavitt
Designed	1908^[1]
Manufacturer	E. W. Bliss Company
Number built	100
Variants	Mod 1^[2]
Specifications
Weight	approximately 1500 pounds^[1]
Length	197 inches (5.0 meters)^[1]
Diameter	17.7 inches (45 centimeters)^[1]

Detonation mechanism	War Nose Mk 1 contact exploder^[1]

Engine	Vertical turbine^[1]
Guidance system	gyroscope^[1]
Launch platform	submarines^[1]

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo developed and produced by the E. W. Bliss Company in 1908. It was the first American-built torpedo specifically designed to be launched from a submarine.^[2] About 100 Mark 4s were purchased for experimental purposes by the United States Navy, which led to design improvements to the gyro and the reducing valve. The Mark 4 and all other torpedoes designed before the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo, were considered obsolete and withdrawn from service in 1922. ^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Torpedo History: Bliss-Leavitt Torpedo Mk4". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
1 2 "United States of America Torpedoes Pre-World War II". Retrieved 24 June 2013.

U.S. Navy torpedoes

Pre-World War II	Howell Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 1 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo Whitehead Mark 5 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo Short Mark 7 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 9 torpedo Mark 10 torpedo Mark 11 torpedo Mark 12 torpedo

World War II	Mark 13 torpedo Mark 14 torpedo Mark 15 torpedo Mark 16 torpedo Mark 17 torpedo Mark 18 torpedo Mark 19 torpedo Mark 20 torpedo Mark 21 torpedo Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo Mark 22 torpedo Mark 23 torpedo Mark 24 mine Mark 25 torpedo Mark 26 torpedo Mark 27 torpedo Mark 28 torpedo Mark 29 torpedo Mark 30 torpedo mine Mark 31 torpedo

Post-World War II	Mark 32 torpedo Mark 33 torpedo Mark 34 torpedo Mark 35 torpedo Mark 36 torpedo Mark 37 torpedo Mark 39 torpedo Mark 43 torpedo Mark 44 torpedo Mark 45 torpedo Mark 46 torpedo Mark 48 torpedo Mark 50 torpedo Mark 54 MAKO Lightweight Torpedo

Related topics	Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Whitehead torpedo

See also: AUM-N-2 Petrel, Mark 60 CAPTOR, RUR-5 ASROC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC and UUM-125 Sea Lance

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