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Overall view of the turbine. There are actually two turbine wheels; this is the upper (second-stage) turbine wheel.

Gas from the combustion flask enters the turbine housing to spin the turbine wheels.

The torpedo case is stamped with the following aft of the circular cut-out:


USN
Afterbody Mk. 23
Serial. No. 2795
Tor. Sta. newport
1944
F.G.F.
Reg. No. [blank]

 
Turbine wheels of Cutaway Mark 23 Torpedo Afterbody at Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Time picture taken Sat Sep 25 11:25:56 2010
Location picture taken Museum Galleries
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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