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“Mark 14 Torpedo Failure Exposed [The Untold Truth]”





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The Mark 14 torpedo was supposed to be America’s most advanced submarine weapon in WWII, yet it failed at the worst possible moment. This video reveals the hidden truth behind the Mark 14 torpedo failures and the leadership battle that changed the course of the Pacific War.
From unexploded hits to premature detonations, this is the shocking real story the U.S. Navy denied for nearly two years.
Discover how Admiral Charles Lockwood exposed the flaw, confronted bureaucracy, and rebuilt the Silent Service into a decisive force.
If you want the real story, backed by evidence, this is it.


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Few stories in naval warfare carry the same weight as the catastrophic failure of the Mark 14 torpedo during the early Pacific War. Throughout 1941–1943, American submarine commanders like Lawrence Daspit, Tyrell Jacobs, Richard Voge, Lewis Parks, James Coe, and John Scott experienced consistent torpedo malfunctions: weapons running too deep, failing to detonate on impact, or exploding prematurely due to faulty magnetic influence triggers. These weren’t isolated incidents. They were systemic defects hidden under layers of bureaucracy at the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance.

The video explores how Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood, commander of the Pacific submarine force, conducted unauthorized field tests, measured depth errors using underwater nets, and proved the Mark 14’s depth control system was fundamentally broken. Viewers will learn how the Mark 6 magnetic exploder malfunctioned under different magnetic conditions, how premature detonations compromised submarines, and how a faulty firing pin caused perfect 90-degree shots to fail entirely.

Through detailed accounts of torpedo failures, leadership decisions, and wartime engineering challenges, this video provides a complete, evidence-driven narrative of how American submarine warfare transformed from unreliable weapons to the decisive striking arm of the Pacific Fleet. This is not just a technical story. It’s a story of leadership, truth, persistence, and the men whose lives depended on working torpedoes.




20:10 Lockwood vs Bureau of Ordnance
23:30 The Fixes of 1943
26:10 How Reliable Torpedoes Changed the War
29:00 Final Lessons of the Mark 14 Saga


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