Mark XIII torpedos on the deck edge elevator of USS Bennington (CV-20), ready to be loaded on TBM torpedo bombers for an attack on a Japanese convoy, during operations in support of the Okinawa invasion, March 1945. Note the wooden drag rings and stabilizers fitted to the noses and tails of these torpedos. An officer, wearing a leather flight jacket, is standing near the front of the nearest torpedo. Official Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Mk XIII torpedoes on USS Bennington (CV-20) in March 1945

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