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...Bliss-Leavitt '''Mark 13 torpedo''' was the [[U.S. Navy]]'s most common [[aerial torpedo]] of [[World War II]]. It was designed with unusually squat dimensi ...f the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes available.

...on/1592/ustorp1.htm Milford, Frederick J. "U. S. Navy Torpedoes. Part One: Torpedoes through the thirties."] The Submarine Review, April 1996.</ref> ....geocities.com/Pentagon/1592/ustorp2.htm Milford, Frederick J. "U. S. Navy Torpedoes. Part Two: The great torpedo scandal, 1941-43."] ''The Submarine Review'',

...and continued in service with the US Navy until 1948. Approximately 4,000 torpedoes were produced, sinking 37 and damaging a further 18 submarines out of a tot Both Bell Labs and HUSL proceeded with parallel development of torpedoes, with a complete exchange of information between them. [[Western Electric]]

...are|ASW]] torpedo inventory, and is the current [[NATO]] standard. These [[aerial torpedo]]es, such as the Mark 46 Mod 5, are expected to remain in service u ...me="proceedings">Polmar, Norman "The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet: Torpedoes" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' November 1978 p.160</ref>, 1

...igned for and used in the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in 1941. Conventional torpedoes when launched from aircraft would dive to 100 ft before turning up to hit t |title=Japan Torpedoes of World War II

|caption= Type 91 torpedoes aboard an aircraft carrier, each lower half was retouched in black to conce |type= [[Aerial torpedo]]