The Type 93 was a Japanese oxygen-propelled torpedo that entered Imperial Japanese Navy service in 1933 and was the most advanced naval torpedo in the world at the time, reaching up to 40,400 meters at reduced speed and 96 kilometers per hour with a roughly 490 kilogram warhead. Its extreme range let Japanese warships strike Allied ships from distances the Allies assumed were beyond any torpedo, sinking 22 Allied warships during the Second World War; American naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison gave it the postwar nickname Long Lance.
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Why is the Type 93 torpedo called the Long Lance?
The nickname came from the U.S. Navy historian Samuel Eliot Morison after the war.
Long Lance is a nickname given to the Type 93 after the war by Samuel Eliot Morison, the chief historian of the U.S. Navy. Most modern English-language naval historians now refer to the torpedo by that name.
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was a 610 mm (24 in)-diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships.
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1933-1945
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The Type 93 (酸素魚雷; designated for Imperial Japanese calendar year 2593) was a 610 mm (24 in)-diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships.
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The Type 93 (酸素魚雷; designated for Imperial Japanese calendar year 2593) was a 610 mm (24 in)-diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships.
- Operated By: Imperial Japanese Navy, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Imperial Japanese Navy'
Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
Second World War
In Group: Torpedoes, Infobox: type
Torpedo
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