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Bliss Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo

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Place of origin
  
United States

Used by
  
United States Navy

Designed
  
1911

In service
  
1911–1922

Designer
  
Frank McDowell Leavitt

Type
  
Anti-surface ship torpedo

The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo developed and produced by the E. W. Bliss Company in 1911. It employed a main engine that was a horizontal turbine rather than the vertical turbine used on all other Bliss-Leavitt torpedoes. The Mark 6's depth and gyro controls were also combined into one integrated unit. About 100 units were manufactured by E.W. Bliss. The Mark 6 and all other torpedoes designed before Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo, were considered obsolete and withdrawn from service in 1922.

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Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo Wikipedia