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2 unusual facts about Torpedo tube


Battle of Cape Esperance

At 23:49, Furutaka was hit in her torpedo tubes, igniting a large fire that attracted even more shellfire from Scott's ships.

HTMS Sukhothai Subclass

double barrel machine gun
2 xOerlikon 20 mm cannon
8 xHarpoon (missile) launcher
8 xsurface-to-air Albratross missile launcher
6 xTorpedo tube


Kenneth Whiting

After Porpoise leveled off in Manila Bay at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters), Whiting informed his crew that he was convinced that a man could escape from a submarine through a torpedo tube and that he intended to test the idea on himself.


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