A Mark XIII aerial torpedo broaches after being dropped by a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber from USS Essex (CV-9) during exercises, 30 March 1943. Note the two TBFs overhead, with the leading plane's torpedo bay doors open. Official Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Mk 13 torpedo porpoises after drop from TBF in March 1943

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