Mark 32 torpedo | |
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![]() Diagram of the Mark 32 torpedo | |
Type | Acoustic torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1950-1955 [1] |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designer |
General Electric
[1] Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
Designed | 1950 [1] |
Manufacturer |
Philco
[1] Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park Leeds and Northrup |
No. built | 3300 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 700 pounds [1] |
Length | 83 inches [1] |
Diameter | 19 inches with 25.4-inch fins [1] |
Effective firing range | 9600 yards
[1] (24-minute search duration) |
Warhead | Mk 32 Mod 1, HBX [1] |
Warhead weight | 107 pounds [1] |
Detonation mechanism | Mk 19 Mods 4 and 11 contact exploder [1] |
Engine | Electric [1] |
Maximum speed | 12 knots [1] |
Guidance system | Helix search [1] |
Launch platform | Destroyers and aircraft [1] |
The Mark 32 torpedo was the first active acoustic antisubmarine homing torpedo in United States Navy service. [1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.
Ten were manufactured by Leeds & Northrup, Philadelphia during War II, and about 3,300 were manufactured by a combination of the Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, and the Naval Ordnance Plant, Forest Park, Illinois. [1]
Mark 32 torpedo | |
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![]() Diagram of the Mark 32 torpedo | |
Type | Acoustic torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1950-1955 [1] |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designer |
General Electric
[1] Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
Designed | 1950 [1] |
Manufacturer |
Philco
[1] Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park Leeds and Northrup |
No. built | 3300 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 700 pounds [1] |
Length | 83 inches [1] |
Diameter | 19 inches with 25.4-inch fins [1] |
Effective firing range | 9600 yards
[1] (24-minute search duration) |
Warhead | Mk 32 Mod 1, HBX [1] |
Warhead weight | 107 pounds [1] |
Detonation mechanism | Mk 19 Mods 4 and 11 contact exploder [1] |
Engine | Electric [1] |
Maximum speed | 12 knots [1] |
Guidance system | Helix search [1] |
Launch platform | Destroyers and aircraft [1] |
The Mark 32 torpedo was the first active acoustic antisubmarine homing torpedo in United States Navy service. [1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.
Ten were manufactured by Leeds & Northrup, Philadelphia during War II, and about 3,300 were manufactured by a combination of the Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, and the Naval Ordnance Plant, Forest Park, Illinois. [1]