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Old 12-07-2008, 06:29 PM
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This "Pearl Harbor Day" does anyone have any pics

of the breakaway wooden fins the Japanese used on their torpedoes to keep them from hitting bottom of the shallow bay?


Not that I'm interested in dropping torpedoes from aircraft in shallow bays, just curious.


Did any of these fins wash-up?
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Old 12-07-2008, 08:24 PM
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/...0978cdec_o.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_44_torpedo
Some help maybe?
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Old 12-09-2008, 04:52 PM
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Just saw the pic one would have made them of more aerofoil in shape for better guide underwater.
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