20 Jun 1942

Australia
  • Acting on orders from US Commander of Submarines Southwest Pacific Area Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood, and against standing orders from the Bureau of Ordnance, submarine USS Skipjack fired one Mark XIV torpedo with an exercise head from a distance of 850 yards at a net hanging in the water. The torpedo’s depth setting was 10 feet but the torpedo went through the net at a depth of 25 feet. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Mark XIV | Frenchman Bay, King George Sound | DS]
18 Jul 1942

Australia
  • Submarine USS Saury participated in further testing of the Mark XIV torpedo with four torpedoes fitted with exercise heads set at a depth of 10 feet fired at a net 850 to 900 yards away. One missed the test net and the other three penetrated the net at a depth of 21 feet. ww2dbase [Saury | Mark XIV | Frenchman Bay, King George Sound | DS]

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