Type 65 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. It was developed to counter the US Navy's aircraft carrier battle groups as well as to be used against large merchant targets such as supertankers and very large crude carriers (VLCC). It is typically fitted to newer Russian vessels, but often the 650 mm torpedo bay is fitted with a 533 mm converter to enable firing of SS-N-15 missiles or Type 53 torpedoes. A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... A supertanker is a tanker ship built to transport very large quantities of liquids, especially crude oil. ... The SS-N-15 cruise missile is a Russian missile, designated the Starfish. ... Type 53 is a torpedo manufactured in Russia. ...
Specifications (65-76)
Diameter: 650 mm
Length: 9.14m
Range: 50,000 m at 93 km/h, 100 km at 56 km/h
Velocity: 50 knots (93 km/h)
Homing: active/passive and wake homing
Warhead: 450/557 kg high explosive, or nuclear (Russia only)
Propulsion: Probably gas-turbine powered by high test Peroxide, kerosene and compressed air fuel. Driving contra-rotating propellers.
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Variants
65-73 Entered service 1973, unguided torpedo. 20 kt Nuclear.
65-76Kit (Whale) Entered service 1976, wake homing.
DT Length 11 m. Weight 4,500 kg. Warhead 450 kg.
DST92 Length 11 m. Weight 4,750 kg. Warhead 557 kg. Wake homing anti-ship weapon. Operates at 20 m depth. Sensor points upwards to detect the ships wake, the torpedo sweeps from side to side to find the edges of the wake.
I-400 was armed with eight torpedo tubes, a 5.5 inch 50 caliber deck gun, a bridge 25mm antiaircraft gun, and three triple 25mm A/A. The advent of guided missiles and atomic bombs transformed her from an overspecialized undersea dinosaur to a menacing strategic threat.
The top torpedo was partially emptied and had its warhead removed to allow the installation of a basic cockpit and create enough buoyancy to carry the second torpedo.
The Type VIIC was the workhorse of the German U-boat force, with 568 commissioned from 1940 to 1945.
The missile is launched via a 66 centimeter torpedo tube, broaches the surface, and uses its solid-fuel booster to fly to the suspected location of the enemy submarine.
The torpedo has either a 100 kilogram high explosive warhead (termed the Veder by the Russians), or a nuclearwarhead of unknown yield (referred to as the Vodopod).
Soviet submarines routinely carried nucleartorpedoes, as evidenced by two accidents; one in December 1972 was caused by a radiation leak from such a torpedo, while another incident off Sweden in October 1981 involved the detection of traces of Uranium-238, indicating the likely presence of nuclear weapons aboard the Whisky-class attack sub.
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