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
No. built	3300[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torpedo was the first active acoustic antisubmarine homing torpedo in United States Navy service.^[1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.

Ten were manufactured by Leeds and 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]

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