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While the U-boat ascends, Stan dies from an injury he sustained when the U-boat first went down. The surviving members of the mission are then seen relaxing on a beach in the US, where a radio broadcast announces the surrender of Japan following the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , marking the end of the Second World War .
U-235 was fitted with five 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. [3]
Vietnam (possibly) Vietnam People's Navy (possibly equipped with Kilo-class submarines, it is suspected that Vietnam owns this type of torpedo in its inventory due to a picture showing a part of VA-111 and Vietnamese labels) [15] [16]
The word torpedo was first used as a name for electric rays (in the order Torpediniformes), which in turn comes from the Latin word torpēdō ("lethargy" or "sluggishness"). [3] In naval usage, the American inventor David Bushnell was reported to have first used the term as the name of a submarine of his own design, the "American Turtle or ...
Torpedo work at the Kasumigaura air field continued until January 1923, which is when a final torpedo design without an explosive payload was tested on the new Mitsubishi B1M bomber, and finally implemented with a warhead the same year. The torpedo thus used was a modification of the Type 44, which lasted until 1931, whereupon it was gradually ...
Two engagements in May 1943 have a claim for the first U-boat sunk by FIDO. On 14 May, a USN Catalina sank U-657 [3] or U-640. [4] On 13 May, RAF Coastal Command Liberator B/86 damaged U-456; [5] the submarine sank the following day. In all, FIDO sank 37 submarines for an effectiveness of about 18%, compared with 9.5% for aircraft-launched ...
It is now typically fitted to newer Russian vessels, though often the 650 mm torpedo tube is fitted with a 533 mm converter to enable firing of SS-N-15 missiles or Type 53 torpedoes. Russian officials have stated that a 65-76A modification of this torpedo is responsible for the 12 August 2000 explosion of the Russian submarine Kursk. [1] [2]
The Mitsubishi Q2M "Tai'yō" (大洋, Great Sea) design was derived from the Mitsubishi Ki-67-I Hiryū ("Peggy") heavy/torpedo bomber of the Japanese Army and its Naval variant, "Yasukuni". It was ordered for design and construction in the last stages of war.