File:Mk 13 torpedo porpoises after drop from TBF in March 1943.jpg

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Description A Mark XIII aerial torpedo porpoises after being dropped by a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bomber from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during exercises, 30 March 1943. Note the two TBFs overhead, with the leading plane's torpedo bay doors open.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-228118 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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