This is what it looks like when a MK-48 torpedo breaks your keel
By: David B. Larter   1 day ago
WASHINGTON — Torpedos are every surface sailor’s worst nightmare.
The damage inflicted on a surface combatant by a modern torpedo striking the hull is so severe that it presents an existential threat to even the U.S. Navy’s famously tough ships.
That point was hammered home during last week’s sinking exercise (or SINKEX) inflicted on the former landing ship tank Racine, conducted as part of the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise.
In the video below, watch as the fast-attack submarine Olympia finishes Racine off with an MK-48 Advanced Capability torpedo. Rest in peace, USS Racine.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/07/17/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-mk-48-torpedo-breaks-your-keel-video/
