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July 1943: USS Tinosa fires 15 torpedoes at a sitting target. 13 fail. This wasn't incompetence—it was catastrophe. For 21 months, American submarines fought with Mark 14 torpedoes that had a 60-80% failure rate. While Washington denied problems, submariners died with broken weapons.

Discover how Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood defied direct orders, conducted illegal weapons tests at Kahoolawe, and proved the U.S. Navy's most expensive torpedo was fundamentally broken. Three fatal flaws. Thousands of duds. One man's courage to challenge the Bureau of Ordnance.

This is the untold story of the Mark 14 torpedo scandal—how bureaucratic denial nearly lost the Pacific War, and how field commanders who refused to stay silent unleashed the most lethal submarine force in history.

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