America Stunned Japan With The Invention of Mark 14 Torpedo Which Destroyed Japanese Navy in WW2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
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During World War II, American submarine commanders faced challenges with the Mark 14 torpedo, particularly when the Tonan Maru No. 3 tanker was abandoned in the waters. Lieutenant Dan Daspit, the captain of the US submarine Tinosa, successfully launched four torpedoes, but the tanker did not explode as planned. Despite firing multiple torpedoes, none of the 15 lethal Mark 14 torpedoes exploded. The USS Seawolf fired eight torpedoes against a Japanese cargo approaching the Philippines, but only one hit, seven missed, and did not blow up. This incident sparked a long list of issues with the Navy's technological marvel, with only three ships sunk and a few exploding before colliding with a Japanese ship's side. The US submarine fleet faced similar challenges during the war, with submarine commanders expressing frustration with the effectiveness of their torpedoes.
The American submarine force used to use torpedoes during World War I and World War II, with the Mark 14 being the most advanced model. The Mark 14s were heavy, expensive weapons, weighing over three thousand pounds and capable of traveling 9,000 yards at 46 knots. The Mark 6 exploder was crucial for the torpedo's effectiveness, but it was not tested due to its sensitivity. During Pearl Harbor, American submarine commanders held BuOrd accountable for their lack of initiative. Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood conducted an unofficial test of the torpedoes, revealing that they were going much below predetermined depths. Despite the evidence, BuOrd disregarded the results, claiming that the submarine commanders had not properly trimmed the torpedoes. In response, Lockwood was named COMSUBPAC, and BuOrd refused to disconnect the torpedoes' magnetic exploders. The Japanese Navy continued to sail without incident, and the American submarine fleet faced increasing resistance from the Japanese.
In 1943, submarine commanders in Japan faced increasing failures and untimely explosions in their torpedoes. Lockwood demanded action from Admiral Ernest J. King, who issued a directive to detach magnetic exploders from every torpedo. Commander Charles B. Momsen, a creative submarine engineer, investigated the issue and found that the contact exploder was too delicate and too tough. Submarine commanders were informed that firing a torpedo at a target at 90 degrees was the most accurate and reliable angle, but Tinosa's experience showed that acute angles were not as preferred. Momsen and Taylor discovered that the firing pin of the contact exploder was being deformed by the head-on collision, and firing from any angle other than dead on was the optimal angle. Submarine commanders worked on reconstructing the contact exploder using exotic alloys, which were eventually incorporated into the Pacific Fleet's submarines.
Pearl Harbor was a significant event in the American-Japanese war, with submarine commanders focusing on reaching targets. Momsen's efforts to resolve the torpedo issue led to the establishment of dependable torpedoes, resulting in the sinking of 55% of Japanese merchant ships by August 1945.
Use an actor to read your script. AI does not work.
Preferably one who speaks English.
It wasn't nearly as bad as others.
@@RTilse OH YES IT WAS
I quit this 50 seconds in. Find a sixth grader to read and speak clearly, anything would be an improvement. The quirky pronunciation was not allowing me to even pay attention to what it was saying.
🎉@@alecblunden8615
Dear Lord. Please take this post down until you can find a human being who can read and correctly pronounce English.
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Don’t think this is a person. It’s AI trying to read and post dialog and failing.
Not even the text is right! Come on people have some pride in your work!
Thing that stunned Japan was how bad they were.
Your Ai generated reader SUCKS! Use people not AI.
World war eye.
Misleading title, terrible narrative, uninformative clickbait.
The narration is a nightmare!
Marked down, due to the mistakes in the sub titling & ludicrous numbers of mis pronunciations in the voice over commentary.
Total lack of professionalism by the video production team.
No way viewers will subscribe to this channel!
It is not World War I, But World War One.
Narrators really should have an excellent command of the English language 😅😅😅😅
Are you sure it's not World War Eye?
@@williamrobinson827 Only two world wars One and Two, He confused I in Latin I is both I and number one, and number two in Latin is II as a teacher He should have known that and should have two not pronounced it as I
Not bothering to even listen. The Japanese Long Lance torpedo was light years better than the Mark 14. The Mark 14 was a complete joke for the first few years of the war.
I guess that's why Boeing doesn't make torpedoes
Less than 50 seconds into this the number of mispronunciations was maddening... I went on to another video.
The USS Grunnion was lost because of those torpedoes!
To translate: "Beward" (and others )should be BuOrd, the Navy's Bureau of Ordinance. Also hilarious: "dense" in the primer should be "dents".
Poor choice of a Narrator. Sorry 😢
AI is terrible
I can't swear to it, but the officer on the right end looks like he might be my grandfather. He was at the torpedo station Newport RI several times before and during WWII. His son, my father wrote an artcle for a Destroyer site deliniating the issues and solutions to our torpedo failures.
This. You could hire any radio announcer fresh out of college to improve the narrative. The misspellings of the text is also egregious. If you wish to proceed, get a human announcer and spell check the text. Good story ruined by poor execution.
Yes, because that would be a human, not a computer.
None of the responsible were punished!
Admiral christy-- major reason for this reason. !!!!
There was never a WWI BUT A WW1.
At the outset of WWII US Navy torpedoes were a mess. Some, when launched turned 180 degrees and sunk the vessel that fired them.
The mark 14 torpedo had reliability problems - running too deep, magnetic and contact detonators not working the problems were not fully resolved till second half of 1943 the submarine service then began to sink Japanese ships in increasing numbers.
There was a big scandal about unexploding torpedoes at the war’s start. Those who designed torpedoes and the navy created a problem by failing to test adequately. The war may have been lengthened due to this gross negligence.
I'm confused! Are Bored, Beward, Boered and many more names of the same person? How did he get away changing his name that often?
BuOrd isn't even a person. It stands for Bureau of Ordnance.
World War I (eye?). You've got to be kidding me. World War I (one). That's all for me here. You need to study military acronyms.
World War ...I? It's WW1
The AI did suck but at least the captions were great? Oh wait... check that!!!
The Japanese long lance torpedoes were far superior to the Mk 14.
The long lance torpedoes didn't decimate the /American merchant fleet and was only effective against warships until American naval brass realized it was capable of long range. It was not all that accurate nor did the Japanese have any fire control device to accurately aim them so they launched LARGE numbers in salvo's hoping that some would hit. The Mk 14 had 3 major problems that because of politics took about a year and a half to iron out. From late 1943 American subs swept through the Japanese merchant fleet like a scythe and sank a good portion of the Japanese navy. Once the defects were fixed, the Mk 14 aimed by the TDC (Torpedo Data Computer), was a much more effective weapon system than the long lance and remained in service till early 1970's.
@@tomtrenter3208 They didn't have fire control, but what they did have was a more powerful warhead, not to mention much longer range. That came to play at Savo Island.
You are right about Japan's longlance torpedo having a LARGE warhead and not having effective firecontrol. What you are forgetting though is that American officers ability to learn from the beatings we were taking. IN August of 1943 Commander Frederick Moosbrugger commanding 6 destroyers had intel of a Japanese "tokyo express coming, it's time and composition and laid an ambush for them. he placed his ships in close to an island to screen them from Japan's inferior radar and waited till they got close enough. They tracked the Japanese ships getting good firecontrol solutions for their torpedoes. At the right time he fired all their torpedoes and waited for them to start hitting and then opened fire with all the guns in range. The final score: NO American ships sunk or damaged, no one killed and only 1 man injured, Japan: 3 destroyers sunk,1,210 killed
Japan's legendary longlance didn't do them any good. Good intelligence of enemy locations, electronics and weapons made all the difference. America's big mistake was underestimating Japan's ability to make and use weapons suck as the longlance. The American high ranking officers didn't recognize the range of the Japanese torpedoes and when our ships were being sunk and damaged they thought it was mines. They persisted in this line of thought and our casualties were the result. Once someone lower in command tried something new then things changed.
I have read that the German Navy had problems with their torpedoes running too deep at the start of the war. I have also read that Hitler had 4 of his torpedo designers tried for treason and shot. After that the torpedoes started working. As we shot no one, it took about 18 months to fix the problems. At least 4 of our responsible officers should have been busted and put in the boiler rooms as ordinary seamen. After Pearl Harbor, America was desperate for some kind of victory which was made impossible with defective torpedoes that had been certified to work as intended. Numerous capital ships, including at least two carriers were struck with duds at a time when the Japanese were taking over the Pacific. Had the torpedoes worked, fewer islands would have been captured and later have to be retaken, requiring thousands of lives. The cost of the dereliction of those officers can scarcely be calculated. History shows that court martial officers are often lenient to incompetent fellow officers, but will crucify enlisted men for the same incompetence.
@jackorders
Torpedoes aren't designed to run shallow or deep. The depth of run is set by the crew before launch, to adjust for the tactical situation. The problem both Germans and Americans had was the magnetic detonators which were new tech that had not been fully debugged. Contact detonators needed shallow run settings to make contact with the hull . Magnetic detonators trigger when the torpedo passes under the ship's magnetic field, so deeper run settings were necessary to work effectively. They should have identified the glitches before making them operational.
@@BillMartin-h2g True about the detonators, but they also had problems with the depth. The issue was what little testing had been done by BuOrd was with dummy warheads. Yep, the depth control worked like a charm. But put a live warhead in and the torpedoes ran deep because the live warhead was heavier. This was proven by later testing.
Sorry Joe . . . No savvy😂
World War i 😂
World war T 😂😂😂
The exploder was an Avant-Guard component
Clickbait. Japan loved the mark 14 torpedo. Because it failed at everything. The long lance Japanese torpedo was notably superior. It took the US years to fix there torpedo
The script sucks about as bad as the AI reader. Poor English, wrong history, and poor description of the torpedo malfunctions.
Good job on the research.
Very informative. I learned additional details that I hadn't in the past. I remember getting angry reading about the incompetence of the higher ups thinking only of themselves and their reputations instead of our men getting killed because of the Japanese war supplies that made it to their destinations.
As far as the A.I. generated narration is concerned, it didn't bother me because I always concentrate on what is being said and not how it is said.
I watch videos for the content and not as a venue to critique.
Was there a world War J
"World War Eye?!"
Made in Forest Park, Illinois. Even the ones that worked.
Would it have killed you to read it yourself.
what a strange pronunciation of July. Is this ai?
Tin lady talking at me. Please do better.
This is pathetic!!!!!!!!
World war i
"World War Eye"? Bwahahahahahaha!
I'm outta here . I can't take the A.I. 🐃💩 !!
It's WW one or WW I Not WW eye
Very poor reading ability. Did the Japanese win?
The script was terrible, and the ATROCIOUS AI made it even worse. What in tarnation is "World War Eye"? After correctly identifying BuOrd as the US Navy Bureau of Ordnance, the narration somehow transformed it into somebody named Beward, who didn't see the "need to waste money on pointless testing because HE was on a restricted budget." The real HE involved in the whole mess was Admiral Ralph Waldo Christie, who had been in charge of development of the fiasco and swore constantly that there was nothing wrong with the torpedoes, but the sub crews and skippers were to blame. I don't know what is most ridiculous - his self-serving blindness to the truth, the fact that he wasn't drummed out of the navy, OR THIS VIDEO!
I cannot endure the AI narration drivel any more. Potentially interesting video spoiled by lazy production values. didn't get half way through.
Don't waste your time, this is painful to listen to.
Horrible AI mis-pronunciations.
Take this off. Very inaccurate
YAWN. AI is wonderful. NOT. Mike in Oz
The AI narration on these videos is an outrage ! Get a REAL human narrator please !
When was World War I to hell with AI😂😂😂😂😂
Interesting content, terrible presentation.
Serious "fail". I won't look for any of your other videos.
what complete rubbish
This is one of the worst narratives ever. Get a real person or dont bother to post. You are wasting my time. Adios
Ai is awful.
This is a JOKE!!! AI SUCKS!!!!!!!!
AI crap! Will not like or subscribe if AI is used and will encourage others to do the same
O would have finished watching this but the AI voice over is just so bad I will not watch any of this outfits videos again.
Terrible narration
I didn't subscribe to this AI failure.
Your AL is terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robo narrators suck!
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