MK14 Torpedo - Georgia Welcome Center - I95 North
N 30° 45.218 W 081° 38.995
17R E 437795 N 3402479
A WWII torpedo on display at this highway rest area welcome center.
Waymark Code: WM6VKY
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2009
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This World War II torpedo has been donated by the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, to the State of Georgia, Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism
Kingsland, Georgia
Inert MK 14 Torpedo
Serial Number 222
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Mark 14 torpedo
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The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II.
This weapon was plagued with many problems which crippled its performance early in the war, and was supplemented by the Mark 18 electric torpedo in the war's final months. Nonetheless, the Mark 14 played a major role in the devastating blow US Navy submarines dealt to the Japanese naval and merchant marine forces during the Pacific War.
By the end of World War II, the Mark 14 torpedo was a reliable weapon which remained in service for almost 40 years in the US Navy, and even longer with other navies.
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