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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 [1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo .
In the absence of torpedo retrievers a wide variety of small boats were pressed into recovery service. The first sinking of a ship by a self-propelled torpedo occurred in 1878, [1] and by World War I, torpedoes played a pivotal role in naval warfare as German U-boats sought to close the North Atlantic to allied shipping. While the United States ...
The Mark 37 torpedo is a torpedo with electrical propulsion, developed for the US Navy after World War II. It entered service with the US Navy in the early 1950s, with over 3,300 produced. It was phased out of service with the US Navy during the 1970s, and the stockpiles were sold to foreign navies.
The 10" Mark 43 torpedo was the first and smallest of the United States Navy light-weight anti-submarine torpedoes. This electrically propelled 10-inch (25-cm) torpedo was 92 inches (2.3 m) long and weighed 265 pounds (120 kg). [2] Described as "a submersible guided missile", [3] the torpedo was designed for air or surface launch. The Mod 0 ...
A Mark 46 dummy torpedo (left) exhibited alongside a Type 97 torpedo (right) at Tateyama Air Base. Drop of a Mark 46 torpedo from a Sikorsky SH-3H during an exercise in 1987. Designed 1960, first deliveries and field testing in 1963, in service 1966 (USA).
The first torpedo-boat to serve with the United States Navy was the experimental Stiletto of 31 tons, built in 1885-86 as a yacht by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island. Designated WTB-1 (for "Wooden Torpedo Boat"), she was purchased under the Act of 3 March 1887 for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes and ...
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The torpedo could be set for both straight or patterned running. [2] After World War II, the Mod 0 and Mod 1 variants were developed into a common torpedo. Designed to keep the longer range from Mod 1 and larger warhead of Mod 0, this upgrade was called the Mark 16 Mod 8 and incorporated a 1,260 pound HBX (7,552 J/g) warhead in the place of the ...