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USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center Museum - Japanese Torpedo

Japanese Imperial Navy Type 91 torpedoes were normally dropped from 100 meters, diving to nearly that depth before leveling off and running to the target. The relatively shallow 40-foot depth of Pearl Harbor necessitated modifications to the torpedo design and attack strategy. Outfitted with wooden, breakaway fins, and dropped from 10 meters above the water by 40 Nakajima Type 97 attack planes, the aerial torpedo proved devastatingly effective. This torpedo was found accidentally in the early 1990's by a dredging company in the channel off Ford Island.

2 USS Arizona Mural
3 USS Arizona Bell
4 Museum Entry
5 City Gone to Sea
6 USS Arizona Model
7 Paxton Carter Case
8 Salvage and Repair
9 Pearl Harbor Photomural
10 Radar
11 IMS Akagi Model
12 Japanese Torpedo
13 USS Arizona Band
14 Arizona Memorial Model
15 Back Lawn Overview
16 Remembrance Circle
17 Vessels Under Attack
18 North and West Panorama
19 Bombers Over Battleship Row
20 Fall and Rise of the Fleet
21 & 23 Navy Shuttle
22 USS Arizona

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