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SLQ-25 Nixie aboard USS Iowa TB-14A towed decoy, from the AN/SLQ-25A/C "Nixie" system. The AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and its variants are towed torpedo decoys used on US and allied warships. It consists of a towed decoy device (TB-14A) and a shipboard signal generator. The Nixie is capable of defeating wake-homing, acoustic-homing, and wire-guided ...
The Japanese called PT boat Devil Boats, the Navy called them the Mosquito Fleet, after their logo. At the MTB Training Center Melvill, was the Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit (MTBRTU). Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit was staffed by 30 officers and 950 enlisted men.
In order to recover a floating torpedo it is first necessary to find it. Prior to the advent of electric torpedoes, which first reached the U.S. fleet in September 1943, [4] torpedo recovery boats could follow the stream of bubbles generated by the weapon's propulsion system. Also aiding the retrievers was that early torpedoes were primarily ...
The Boats were tested in a Plywood Derby by Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 2. The Plywood Derby testing at New London Harbor in July 1941 included Higgins PT-6; Philadelphia Navy Yard PT-8; Elco PT-20, PT-26, PT-30, PT-31 ; Huckins PT-33, PT-69; and Higgins PT-70, as the shorter 54-foot boats were determined to be ...
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It was Kriegsmarine's first operational torpedo (hence "TI" = Torpedo number one), and the standard issue torpedo for all German U-boats and surface torpedo-bearing vessels from 1934 to the end of WW2. The GA VIII gyroscope, as used in the G7a(TI) torpedo. The torpedo was a straight-running unguided design, controlled by a gyroscope. The TI had ...
The foundations of the anti-submarine net winch house Entrance to Green Point Anti-motor torpedo boat defensive Battery. [3] Construction of the boom commenced in January 1942 and the boom and gates were fully operational by August 1942. For over three years, entry to Sydney Harbour was restricted by the boom net.
The system is difficult to jam, but it can be distracted by other ships crossing the wake. In 2013, the US Navy tested prototypes of a system known as the Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT), [2] which had been designed to intercept and destroy the incoming torpedo. Deployment of the system did not proceed as planned due to performance issues. [3]