torpedo (launching) tube

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• torpedo tube — n. a tube for launching torpedoes, located in surface vessels below or close to the waterline …   English World dictionary

• Torpedo — The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive, automobile, locomotive, or fish torpedo) is a self propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo tube — A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. There are two main types of torpedo tube: *Those designed to operate below water level, as fitted to submarines and some surface ships *Deck mounted torpedo launchers… …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo Data Computer — The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire control on American submarines during World War II (see Figure 1). Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control… …   Wikipedia

• torpedo tube — device for launching a torpedo …   English contemporary dictionary

• Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 — This article is about the boat. For the song, see PT 109 (song). For the film, see PT 109 (film). LTJG Kennedy (standing at right) on the PT 109 in 1943. For other Ids see[1] Career (United States) …   Wikipedia

• Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes — Personnel from USS Porter loading a recoverable training torpedo into the top tube of a Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes set The Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (Mk 32 SVTT) system[1] is a torpedo launching system designed for the …   Wikipedia

• Vertical launching system — For the Brazilian Space Agency launcher, see VLS 1. The VLS cells on board USS San Jacinto …   Wikipedia

• Human torpedo — CGI image of human torpedo: British Mk 1 chariot ridden by two frogmen with UBA rebreathers Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of rideable submarine used as secret naval weapons in World War II. The basic design is still in use today; …   Wikipedia

• SMS Arminius (1864) — The Arminius was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy, later the Imperial German Navy.She was built by the Samuda Brothers shipyard in Poplar as a speculative project, laid down in 1863 and launched on 20 August 1864. Similar vessels had been …   Wikipedia

• Type 052C destroyer — The Type 052C destroyer (NATO code name Luyang II class, often referred to as Lanzhou class after the lead ship name) is a class of destroyer built by the People s Republic of China. Two Type 052C (Lanzhou class) air defence missile destroyers… …   Wikipedia