Mark 32 torpedo

Mark 32 torpedo
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
Number built	3310^[1]
Specifications
Weight	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]
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torpedo was the first active acoustic antisubmarine homing torpedo in United States Navy service.^[1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.

References

U.S. Navy torpedoes

Pre-World War II	Howell Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 1 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo Whitehead Mark 5 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo Short Mark 7 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 9 torpedo Mark 10 torpedo Mark 11 torpedo Mark 12 torpedo

World War II	Mark 13 torpedo Mark 14 torpedo Mark 15 torpedo Mark 16 torpedo Mark 17 torpedo Mark 18 torpedo Mark 19 torpedo Mark 20 torpedo Mark 21 torpedo Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo Mark 22 torpedo Mark 23 torpedo Mark 24 mine Mark 25 torpedo Mark 26 torpedo Mark 27 torpedo Mark 28 torpedo Mark 29 torpedo Mark 30 torpedo mine Mark 31 torpedo

Post-World War II	Mark 32 torpedo Mark 33 torpedo Mark 34 torpedo Mark 35 torpedo Mark 36 torpedo Mark 37 torpedo Mark 39 torpedo Mark 43 torpedo Mark 44 torpedo Mark 45 torpedo Mark 46 torpedo Mark 48 torpedo Mark 50 torpedo Mark 54 MAKO Lightweight Torpedo

Related topics	Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Whitehead torpedo

See also: AUM-N-2 Petrel, Mark 60 CAPTOR, RUR-5 ASROC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, and UUM-125 Sea Lance

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