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Torpedo Launch Fail

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  1. velvet says:

    I said lunch, not launch!

  2. Dragonwriter says:

    Um…Scotty? A li’l help here?

  3. MR. T says:

    ooooooooold ;)

  4. Arthur Eld says:

    A fine metaphor for impotence.

  5. velvet says:

    And a double power! I hadn’t seen that before! Have they done that since I’ve been out?

  6. Cloral says:

    It was double powered, and still didn’t make it out of the tube! How many comments do we need to get it up to full power?

  7. Casper says:

    How dare those marines laugh at that!

  8. falling_glass says:

    I hate it when that happens.

  9. Scarybob says:

    Scotty doesn’t know that torpedo and me were doing it in his van every SUNDAY

  10. Cupcake says:

    Bridge to machine room. More power.

  11. At that speed it’s more of a torpordo.

  12. Cloral says:

    I thought they launched torpedos underwater?

    • Arthur Eld says:

      Well, no-one launched a torpedo, right?

    • ¡Great Scott! Me transmitte sursum, caledoni says:

      Nope, they can even drop them from planes.

      • Cloral says:

        Yeah, I do know about the air drop torpedoes. I learned about them from a program about the Japanese battleship Yamato, which was destroyed by a flurry of air-drop torpedoes. But when it comes to ship-fired torpedoes, I thought they were usually fired from batteries located underwater. At least that’s how it’s always depicted in Hollywood.

        Then again, I should know by now not to take what I see in movies as fact.

        • SSAY says:

          Uhm, I honestly know NO ship that launches its torpedos underwater. All naval surface vessels have their torpedo launchers on deck, mostly destroyer class has them mounted on a turret midship to allow it to fire back- and starboard as required. Firing them underwater is no good, the room in the hull is cramped with other stuff down there ;) .

          Only submarines fire their torpedoes underwater, but that’s kinda their point and that’s what they became famous for.

          But shipmounted torpedoes always were a very important part of naval battles, as they increased the potential deadliness of small vessels vastly (just take a look at the German S-Boats, British Vosper or US PT-Boats…or the Japanese Type 38. All naval forces learned to employ very small patrol crafts armed with two fixed torpedo launchers could devastate far larger ships for they were fast, small, and their torpedoes had enough punch to crush any armor and potentially cause high damage to the enemy.

          Even destroyers were soon upgraded with multiple-torpedo launchers to increase their viability against slow-moving and well-armored vessels like the cruiser and battleship class (as these were too bulky to take evasive maneuvers before the torpedo hits.

          • rob says:

            some old British battle ships from the WWI era such as the HMS Dreadnought had torpedo batteries located in compartments below the waterline

  13. A perfect metaphor for how the British saw the Argentinian navy during the Falklands war.

  14. somedudewhosawyourstuff says:

    This is why we need more Puertoricans! They add power to the torpedos!

  15. Jon; says:

    Tch, those trucks just can’t keep away from our law abiding overpasses, can they? :roll:

  16. jake says:

    You see the reason the torpordo did not work is because God did not want it to OK

  17. Nan says:

    I can imagine other instances of this going wrong, hehe…

  18. thudbucket says:

    Wow, I don’t know what to say. This has never happened to me before. Maybe we could cuddle for a half hour and try the engagement again?

    • Black Garnets, With Anti Moderation Bat! says:

      I hear it happens from time to time. Don’t worry about it. We can talk for awhile.

  19. He shoots!
    He snores!

  20. ¡Great Scott! Me transmitte sursum, caledoni says:

    The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

  21. Shame says:

    It’s like a slow comfortable screw or a slow uncomfortable poo. One of the 2.

  22. Aja says:

    What we have here is a failure to launch.

  23. Dirk says:

    Hargin’ it’s laz0rz … NOT!

  24. Arthur Eld says:

    Obama.

  25. nordy says:

    My dog does the same thing when he gets excited

    • Arthur Eld says:

      Your dog attempts to fire a torpedo and fails when he gets excited? Damn Nordy, you shouldn’t let that dog play with dangerous stuff like that. Throw a stick or something.

  26. Name says:

    It’s for close range combat. Top secret and very expensive btw, how did it even make to internets?

  27. ¡Great Scott! Me transmitte sursum, caledoni says:

    They forgot the BaconLube®.

  28. Zequez says:

    I cant stop laughing!!! I’m actually crying x’DDD.

  29. BAReFOOt says:

    I would have said one thing: RUUUUUUNNNN!

    Imagine that thing exploding anyway! Good luck with filming your burning corpse afterwards!

  30. someone says:

    Old much?

  31. kyle says:

    …must’ve been a canadian ship.

  32. Hoobs says:

    We have guided missiles and misguided men – Martin Luther King Jr.

    • Marius says:

      A spirit free to choose for my own share,
      What sort of flesh and blood I pleas’d to wear,
      I’d be a dog, a monkey or a bear,
      Or anything, but that vain animal
      Who is proud of being rational.

      ~ Wilmot

  33. Dean o says:

    This person also deserves to die

  34. Cloral says:

    Whenever I watch movies on my laptop, my crotch complains about the sound quality.

  35. Alexander says:

    wait there is more fail

  36. UAH says:

    made in taiwan =D

  37. jaj says:

    MADE IN THE USA

  38. DeemonSeehorse says:

    Just because you can’t achieve a launch doesn’t make you any less of a torpedo.

  39. homemom says:

    Obvious metaphor…

  40. ¡Great Scott! Me transmitte sursum, caledoni says:

    Damn the torpedoes! Fail speed ahead!”

  41. Hai. says:

    i honestly think it just got an erection.

  42. Avis says:

    Just out of curiosity, what is the the record for the most comments in the shortest time span for this site? Because I think the one from earlier today just broke whatever record that might have been. 1021 comments and counting. There are no signs of things winding down either.

  43. 5 Eagles says:

    We need sound affects!

  44. Mr Breezy says:

    Are you trying to launch a torpedo or are you just happy to see me.

  45. “Yeah, we’re gonna blow you up, just wait until we launch our….wait…guys….GUYS!!!!”

  46. Shadow © says:

    Thassa big torpedo, alright… but it seems to be firin’ blanks.

  47. BP says:

    Speaking of missiles that don’t quite make it… this one is old but made me laugh. I’m surprised I haven’t seen it on the Fail blog before.

  48. the game says:

    i actually loled

  49. boog says:

    is this the same boat that Dubya landed on, claiming “Mission Accomplished” ? because that indeed christened said vessel forever thee USS FAIL BOAT, thus leading to failure in launching above torpedo.
    stupid w

  50. burntfish44 says:

    IM GIVIN HER ALL SHES GOT CAPTAIN!

  51. Ryu says:

    Have seen this posted elsewhere and long ago called “Ejectile Dysfunction” :P

  52. Basara549 says:

    I downloaded this video years ago from a military sight.

    It was captioned “McHale’s Navy Lives!” with lounge music playing in the background.

  53. Timmiralles says:

    ummm that is a “REX torp”. (Torpedo with no explosive) Notice the nice orange color so that it may be retrieved easier when it floats back to the surface. Surface torpedoes are launched with HP air. This one wasn’t pressurized enough.

    • Sonofrog says:

      Yup, thankfully wasn’t extorp or warshot. Also good on Destroyer, easier to recover than on CG. Lack of HP air or open access cover can cause this (had it happen to me couple of years ago).

  54. Farcrusader says:

    I play ROBLOX! as Farcrusader on the fun game ROBLOX

  55. glo! says:

    Thats what we get when everything is made in China.

  56. gimmecheezonthatbap says:

    I’d laugh if that exploded momentarily afterwards. Ah, the joy of billions of dollars.

    • Dean O says:

      I would laugh if it exploded in your face

    • Uncle Sam says:

      It’s funny how many comments are related to tax dollars, and money in general…there was just a problem with the pressure valve. No one would have gotten hurt, and no this didn’t waste any of your tax dollars, which I am sure 85% don’t pay anyways considering your high school status. And gimmecheezonthatbap, why would have that been funny if it had exploded? You think it would be funny if our own servicemen died at the expense of a failed pressure valve? If so, you need your head examined, because I don’t think that to be funny at all.

  57. Andrew Ong says:

    That says the Navy Seargent: ‘Sailors, (please) reload the torpedo and try again!’
    (‘Aye aye, sir!’)

    • Andrew Ong says:

      Or how about: ‘ARR! Buccaneering torpedo launcher swab! Reload the torpedo and try again, me hearties!’
      (‘Aye aye, sir!’)

  58. sharperguy says:

    That happened to me on the loo today :/

  59. Fanboy Wife says:

    I think they need to try something more powerful than baking soda and vinegar.

  60. Sartybartfast says:

    Never go back to a firework that didnt go off.
    Now what the hell you sposed to do with that.

  61. Demut says:

    Stoooneoooold fail is stoooneoooold.

  62. Niki says:

    i love the star trek reference <3

  63. Josh says:

    Is there torpedo extenze?

  64. randomnerd says:

    Failure to Launch! Quick, get Sarah Jessica Parker to hit on it!

  65. Tets says:

    Just wondering after a torpedo launches it should explode within minutes if not seconds lol

  66. Someguyfromcrowd says:

    Old classic :D

    Spah sappin mah torpedo!

  67. Karolchyk51 says:

    OMG I would have shit my pants

  68. karkas9 says:

    very funny.

  69. JSnow says:

    Funny… but a true FAIL would have the torpedo exploding a few seconds after the video ended!

  70. Calin Y says:

    It’s not a torpedo…

  71. Screechawk says:

    Wait, where was the little “Bang!” sign that was suppose to come out with it.

  72. Alex says:

    Wow i guess it saw the Titanic

  73. Alex says:

    Wow i guess the battleship saw the Titanic, Wink Wink

  74. dayen says:

    erectile disfunction fail

  75. Wow i guess the battleship saw the Titanic, Wink Wink

  76. Tvdenal says:

    woowwww it’s reaLLy perfect .d

  77. but a true FAIL would have the torpedo exploding a few seconds after the video ended


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