Mark 35 torpedo
Mark 35 torpedo | |
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Type | Acoustic torpedo[1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1949-1960[1] |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | General Electric[1] |
Designed | 1944[1] |
Manufacturer | General Electric |
Produced | 1949-1952 |
Number built | 400[1] |
Specifications | |
Weight | 1770 pounds[1] |
Length | 162 inches[1] |
Diameter | 21 inches[1] |
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Effective firing range | 15,000 yards[1] |
Warhead | Mk 35 Mods 2 or 3, HBX[1] |
Warhead weight | 270 pounds[1] |
Detonation mechanism | Mk 19 Mod 3 contact exploder |
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Engine | Electric[1] |
Speed | 27 knots[1] |
Guidance system | Gyroscope, helix search[1] |
Launch platform | Surface ships[1] |
The Mark 35 torpedo was the first of the United States Navy deep-diving anti-submarine torpedoes designed for surface launch.[2] This electrically propelled 21-inch (53-cm) torpedo was 162 inches (4.11 m) long, weighed 1770 lb (803 kg), and carried a 270 lb (122.5 kg) Torpex high explosive warhead.[3] This torpedo used one of the earliest active guidance systems and was introduced in 1949, but was classified as obsolete in the 1960s.[2]
Notes
References
- Kurak, Steve (September 1966). "The U. S. Navy's Torpedo Inventory". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
- DiGiulian, Tony (31 December 2008). "NavWeaps". Retrieved 23 September 2009.
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