How to Use torpedo tube in a Sentence

torpedo tube

noun

• Two torpedo tubes have been destroyed, but the lower tube is intact and closed.
  — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2017
• These missiles are launched from the six 533 mm torpedo tubes of the submarine.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
• The only thing left of that craft, in the bottom of a strait in the Solomon Islands, was the torpedo tube.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2022
• The damage is limited to the front of the craft and suggests that the ship may have hit an ocean mine with its upper deck, which destroyed two torpedo tubes.
  — Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2017
• Passive sonar listens quietly for engine noise, or transient sounds such as a torpedo tube being opened.
  — James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• This rear torpedo tube could also be used to launch and recover the UUVs.
  — Christina MacKenzie, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2020
• While the Razorback drone can be launched from a torpedo tube, recovering it after a mission has been a problem.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
• The location of the fire, in the port bow near the torpedo tubes, made avoiding a torpedo/missile explosion a top priority.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2018
• The nature of submarine warfare means nobody ever sees the torpedo tube mechanism and the torpedo ejected from its tube.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2020
• In addition to their nuclear armament, each of the subs is equipped with four 533-millimeter torpedo tubes.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
• Each vessel is equipped with 32 vertical launch tubes for three types of anti-surface and land-attack cruise missiles, as well as 10 torpedo tubes.
  — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
• During one event, a submarine launched an unmanned sub through its torpedo tube, Navy officials told reporters during the exercise.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
• It is armed with heavyweight torpedoes and anti-ship missiles launched through six 533 mm torpedo tubes, enabling it to engage both surface ships and enemy submarines.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
• One theory is that the motor allows the weapon capsule to swim out of submarine torpedo tubes because Iranian midget submarines are not equipped with a means to eject an unpowered capsule.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2019
• Its 11-foot bronze propeller, guns, torpedo tube and boilers were conclusive evidence that the ship was the McCulloch.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 June 2017
• The systems can reportedly be deployed through both 260mm and 533mm torpedo tubes, allowing submarines to launch them without surfacing.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
• Indonesian naval experts have raised the possibility that as the Nanggala descended on Wednesday, water somehow flooded the submarine, possibly through a pipe or torpedo tube.
  — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
• The press conference showed various items purportedly found from the submarine, including torpedo tube straightener, pipe cooling wrap, lubricant for the submarine periscope, sponges and submarine solar.
  — Karson Yiu, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Indonesian naval experts have raised the possibility that as the Nanggala descended Wednesday, water somehow flooded the submarine, possibly through a pipe or torpedo tube.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
• Early Virginia boats carry 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles in dedicated Virginia Payload Tubes in addition to weapons launched through four torpedo tubes.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
• These boats displace around 3,000 tons and are armed with six 533 mm HU-606 torpedo tubes capable of firing the new Type 18 heavyweight torpedo.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025