[lapsus calami]

 

 

Ugh. That was a low point for the Navy right there. If I recall they had ONE full live fire test before deploying them to the fleet. It amounted to theory as to how they were supposed to work versus real world R&D complete with strenuous field testing of the design. Terrible amount of malfeasance occurred at that time.

 

 

[Spktyr]

You forgot how BuOrd spent *years* denying there could be a problem with USN torpedoes to the point where several complaining Captains were cashiered or transferred.

[oldvirginian]

Malfeasance and penny pinching.
Naval Station RI only live fired one Mark 14 before the navy bought them.

The Mark 14 went through several upgrades, including a larger explosive charge, moving the gyroscope and all other manner of changes that changed the weight and weight distribution of the torpedo. And then only one test of a torpedo with a dummy load instead of the heavier torpex.

Fortunately some pretty respected Admirals screamed all the way to the top and things got changed.

Pinching pennies cost more than it saved.