Type 91 torpedo

Type 91 torpedo
Type 91 torpedo
	Type 91 torpedoes aboard an aircraft carrier.
Type	Aerial torpedo
Place of origin	Empire of Japan
Service history
In service	1931–1945
Used by	Japanese Navy
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Rear Admiral Seiji Naruse and his team
Designed	1930–1945
Unit cost	20,000 yen (in 1941)
Specifications
Mass	848 kg (1,870 lb)
Length	5.270 m (17.29 ft)
Diameter	45 cm (18 in)
Wingspan	69 cm (27 in) in the air, 66 cm (26 in) in the water
Maximum firing range	2,000 m (2,200 yd)
Warhead weight	323.6 kg (713 lb) high explosive, 235 kg (518 lb) for warhead rev.3
Engine	Wet-heater type, 8-cylinder radial engine; 150 kW (200 hp)
Maximum speed	78 km/h (42 kn)
Steering; system	Gyrocompass-guided vertical-rudder control system, gyroscope-guided anti-rolling controller system
Launch; platform	Single-engine carrier-based attack aircraft, twin-engine land-based attack aircraft

Last updated May 05, 2024

The Type 91 was an aerial torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was in service from 1931 to 1945. It was used in naval battles in World War II and was specially developed for attacks on ships in shallow harbours.

The Type 91 aerial torpedo had two unique characteristics. Firstly, it used wooden stabilizers attached to the tail fins which were shed upon water entry. Secondly, it engaged an angular acceleration control system to control rolling movements, which was very advanced for its time. This system made it possible to release the Type 91 not only at a cruising speed of 330 km/h (180 kn) at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft), but also in a power-glide torpedo-bombing run at the maximum speed of the Nakajima B5N 'Kate', 378 km/h (204 kn)

The Type 91 torpedo was an 18 in (450 mm) diameter torpedo, similar in size to other nations. There were five models put into service, with high-explosive warheads weighing from 213.5 to 526.0 kg (471 to 1,160 lb) with effective ranges from 1,500 to 2,000 m (1,600 to 2,200 yd) at 42 kn (78 km/h).

Since the Type 91 torpedo was the only practical aerial torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it was simply known as the Koku Gyorai or "aerial torpedo". Surface warships and submarines used other types of torpedoes, namely the Type 93 and Type 95 respectively, while the Type 97 torpedo was designed for use by midget submarines.

Specifications

The torpedo measured 5.5 m (18 ft) in length, with a diameter of 450 mm (18 in), and weighed 835 kg (1,841 lb), with an explosive charge of 205 kg (452 lb). It had a range of 2,000 m (2,200 yd) and a speed of 78 km/h (42 kn). A slightly-modified variant was used to sink HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse, launched from Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers in an action in the South China Sea three days after Pearl Harbor on 10 December 1941.^[1]

Type 91 history

Chronological Table

1931 –Type 91 aerial torpedo is put into service, production begins.

1936 –Revision 1. Self-detachable wooden plates are introduced.

1937 –Launch-tests at 500 and 1,000 m (550 and 1,100 yd) with wooden damper.

1939 –Revision 2 starts production. Not running true after water entry is identified as a major problem.

1941 –Revision 2 clears the shallow water launching test due to the introduction of an anti-rolling controller. Battle of Pearl Harbor, sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.

1941 –Revision 3 starts production.

1942 – Indian Ocean raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. 2 August: Type 91 torpedo technology reaches Nazi Germany via IJN sub I-30 ^[2]

1943 –Revision 5 starts production.

1944 – Battle of the Philippine Sea, Aerial Battle of Taiwan-Okinawa.

Initial development

Rear Admiral Seiji Naruse led the team in charge of the initial development of the Type 91 aerial torpedo at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The team was known as the Ninety One Association and included Lt Cmdr Haruo Hirota, Lt Cmdr Makoto Kodaira (Matsunawa), Naval Assistant Manager Iyeta, Naval Engineer Noma, Naval Engineer Moritoshi Maeda, Lieutenant Hidehiko Ichikawa, and Teruyuki Kawada, a university student who was a naval apprentice.^{[ citation needed ]}

Captain Fumio Aiko was in charge of further development of the torpedo from 1931. Captain Aiko managed the team as it developed an effective aerial torpedo and anti-rolling controller. He considered the Type 91 aerial torpedo to be his great achievement.^{[ citation needed ]}

Delayed development

At the beginning of 1934, Kan-Pon or the Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department, an operating division of the Ministry of the Navy of the Imperial Japanese government, which had the primary responsibility for naval weapon systems, had their own plan for a Japanese aerial torpedo. In their concept, a big flying boat was to carry a variant of the heavy Type 93 oxygen torpedoes to launch at long range, and then turn back towards safety. This eventually proved to be an unrealistic desk plan. Kan-Pon confidentially developed their own Type 94 torpedo and even ordered a halt to production of the Type 91. This significantly delayed the development schedule of the Type 91 and frustrated the project members.^{[ citation needed ]}

Wooden tail stabilizers added

The project team developed Kyoban wooden aerodynamic stabilizer plates for the Type 91's tail fins as revision 1 in 1936. These stabilized the torpedo in flight to ensure the proper angle for water entry and were designed to shear off on entry to the water, preventing the torpedo from diving too deep. The team demonstrated their effectiveness in tests at altitudes of both 500 and 1,000 m (550 and 1,100 yd) the following year.

The original Type 91 was considered to have a frail body^{[ citation needed ]}, and so this was strengthened in a new model in 1938 known as revision 2.

Anti-rolling controller developed

Type 91 aerial torpedoes won admiration for their effective anti-rolling controller and acceleration control system.^{[ citation needed ]} Before the anti-rolling controller was introduced, the early versions of the Type 91 had serious problems, as did all other aerial torpedoes of the time. When released at high speed, it had a tendency to make a double-roll in the air. When released into heavy seas, a spin could be imparted by the hard impact on water entry. Other issues included: the running direction veering on water impact; not running horizontally after water entry, but continuing vertically to either stick in the bottom of shallow water or be crushed by the water pressure (at a depth of 100 m or so); jumping back out of the water; skipping along the water surface; or even running backwards. Only very experienced aviators could be sure of a clean torpedo bombing run, and then only when operating over a calm sea.^{[ citation needed ]} A tumbling torpedo will run out of control once it hits the water. The gyrocompass and the depth meter may work well, but the torpedo cannot control the running direction by tail rudders unless they are initially in the neutral position. Once the torpedo rolls, the horizontal and vertical rudders lose their positions, resulting in a runaway.^{[ citation needed ]}

The specification for the launch speed of aircraft was increased from 240 to 330 km/h (130 to 180 kn) with the expectation that it would be increased again. The engineers and scientists of the Type 91 project concluded that any aerial torpedo needed an anti-rolling system with not only a damping stabilizer function but also an acceleration controlling function. Without these features any torpedo would be highly likely to fall into an unstable state. The idea of acceleration-control, or counter-steering, was at the time widely considered to be impossible.^{[ citation needed ]}

A breakthrough on aerial torpedo design was made with the anti-rolling controller invented first by Iyeda, assistant manager of the arsenal workmen, in spring 1941. Ten days later, while the Iyeda system was being tested, Naval Engineer Noma invented another system. It functioned in a similar way, but with a different mechanism. During the prototype tests, Noma's system was found to be the better, having less time lag in its responses. So the Noma system was adopted for the next production version of Type 91 and it went into final testing in August 1941, making practical the use of aerial torpedoes both in rough seas and in shallow waters.^{[ citation needed ]} It enabled the Type 91 rev.2 to run under water no deeper than 20 meters, with experienced pilots learning to launch their torpedo so as to sink to a depth of no more than 10 meters.^{[ citation needed ]}

Increase in explosive weight

The anti-rolling controller also made it possible for the Type 91 to carry a heavier warhead. The Type 91 rev.1 warhead weighed 213.5 kg (471 lb) with a high explosive charge of 149.5 kg (330 lb), but the rev.2 warhead weighed 276 kg (608 lb) with 204 kg (450 lb) of high explosive. Warhead rev.7, which was carried by twin-engine bombers, weighed 526 kg (1,160 lb) and boasted a high explosive charge of 420 kg (930 lb); this was designed to pierce the reinforced armour plates of the latest US Navy ships.^{[ citation needed ]}

Production

The Type 91 was researched and developed at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was first produced at the Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Works division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Later, the Imperial Japanese Navy established two manufacturing sites: Suzuka Naval Arsenal in Mie Prefecture; and Kawatana Naval Arsenal, a branch of Sasebo Naval Arsenal, in Nagasaki Prefecture. The Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Works plant at Kawatana specialized in torpedo production and was destroyed by the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.^[3]

Technology transfer to Germany

Germany approached Japan requesting the transfer of Japanese aerial torpedo technology. In a yanagi mission the Imperial Japanese Navy sent the plans and a number of Type 91 aerial torpedoes on Japanese submarine I-30 (a large cruiser type submarine) which arrived in Lorient on August 2, 1942.^[2] It was designated the Lufttorpedo LT 850 in German service.^{[ citation needed ]} The weight of the LT 850 German version was somewhat lighter at 810 kg (1,790 lb), with a 5.43 m (17.8 ft) length.^{[ citation needed ]}

Germany wished to acquire the knowledge behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service's aerial torpedo technology in order to more effectively attack the Allied transport ships steaming in the Mediterranean Sea.^[4] It had previously imported Italian-made aerial torpedoes, which became unavailable following the Italian Armistice of Cassibile with the Allies in September 1943. The indigenous German aerial torpedo designs were badly restricted in launch speed and launch altitude.^{[ citation needed ]}

Variants

Type 91 Aerial Torpedo and Type 91 Warhead, operational models^[5]
Main body	Warhead type	Warhead weight	Speed	Range	Total Length	Diameter	Total Weight	Head Length (m)	Head Weight (kg)	Comments
Type 91	Type 91	149.5 kg (330 lb)	78 km/h (42 kn)	2,000 m (2,200 yd)	5.270 m (17.29 ft)	450 mm (18 in)	784 kg (1,728 lb)	0.958	213.5	–
Rev.1	Rev.1	149.5 kg (330 lb)	78 km/h (42 kn)				784 kg (1,728 lb)	0.958	213.5	Supported shedding wooden tail-plates in 1936, first model considered for German LT 850 [ de ] version
Rev.2	Rev.2	204.0 kg (449.7 lb)	78 km/h (42 kn)				838 kg (1,847 lb)	1.158	276.5	Body reinforced in 1938, anti-rolling controller added in 1941, 2nd version considered for German LT 850 version
Rev.3	Rev.3	235.0 kg (518.1 lb)	78 km/h (42 kn)				848 kg (1,870 lb)	1.460	323.6	–
Rev.3	Rev.3_rev.	235.0 kg (518.1 lb)	78 km/h (42 kn)				848 kg (1,870 lb)	1.460	323.6	Reinforced warhead
Rev.5	Rev.3_rev.	235.0 kg (518.1 lb)	76 km/h (41 kn)	1,500 m (1,600 yd)			848 kg (1,870 lb)	1.460	323.6	Precision forging and stainless steel cast body
Rev.5	Rev.7	420.0 kg (925.9 lb)	76 km/h (41 kn)	1,500 m (1,600 yd)			1,080 kg (2,380 lb)	1.900	526.0	Warhead designed to breach the armor of US battleships

The Type 91 (modification 2), was a shallow-water aerial torpedo that was designed for and used in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Wooden fins and a softwood breakaway nose cone were added to allow for launching into shallow water at low altitudes.^[6]

There were two versions in the Type 91 warhead rev.3, differing in designed maximum launch speeds.

Later, heavier models had a decreased range.

Further development

In spring 1944, the Yokosuka air arsenal began development of the Shisei Gyorai M (trial model torpedo M), or simply the "Two tonne torpedo". This was an enlarged version of the Type 91 aerial torpedo and was 533 mm (21.0 in) in diameter, 7.10 m (23.3 ft) long, weighing 2,070 kg (4,560 lb), and carrying a 750 kg (1,650 lb) warhead.^[7] It would have been the largest aerial torpedo in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force, but the operating concept became outdated and the project was never completed.^{[ citation needed ]} However, the Type 91 aerial torpedo project members did not regard it as a part of the Type 91 series.^{[ citation needed ]}

Post-war commemoration

Some 30 years after the war, surviving members of the development team raised money to privately publish a small book, Koku Gyorai Note or Aerial Torpedo Notebook.^[8]

Type 91 torpedoes are currently displayed at the Etajima school of Japan Maritime Self-Defense (the Maritime Self Defense Force 1st Technical School) and Shimofusa Base. They are missing the roll rudders. An excavated Type 91 aerial torpedo is preserved at the Resource Museum in JGSDF Camp Naha, 1st Combined Brigade of The Western Army, JGSDF, located in Naha city, Okinawa. It retains the original features. It was picked up as unexploded ordnance by a bomb-disposal unit of the JGSDF. A captured Type 91 aerial torpedo is displayed at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. It rests on two supports flanking a pathway in a small park in front of the Academy's Dahlgren Hall. Displayed on the other side of the pathway is a Type 93 Japanese Long Lance ship-launched torpedo.^{[ citation needed ]}

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Notes

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[5] Ichikawa, Kodaira & Kawada 1985 , p. 24

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v t e Japanese naval weapons of the Second World War
Battleship main armament	36 cm/45 41st Year Type 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type 46 cm/45 Type 94
Cruiser main armament	14 cm/50 3rd Year Type 15 cm/50 41st Year Type 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type
Destroyer and Kaibōkan main armament	10 cm/65 Type 98 12 cm/40 Type 41 12 cm/45 3rd Year Type 12 cm/45 10th Year Type 12.7 cm/50 Type 3
Secondary armament	8 cm/40 3rd Year Type 8 cm/60 Type 98 10 cm/65 Type 98 12 cm/12 short naval gun 12 cm/45 10th Year Type 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type 20 cm/12 short naval gun
Submarine guns	8 cm/40 Type 88 10 cm/50 Type 88 12 cm 11th Year Type naval gun 12.7 cm/40 Type 88 14 cm/40 11th Year Type
Anti-aircraft weapons	Type 96 25mm gun Type 93 13mm Gun 12 cm AA Rocket
Torpedoes	45 cm Type 91 45 cm Type 97 53.3 cm Type 92 53.3 cm Type 95 61 cm Type 90 61 cm Type 93 Kaiten