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The Mark 32 can fire 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedoes of the Mark 44, Mark 46, Mark 50 (from the Mod 17 tubes onwards), [3] [4] and Mark 54 [citation needed] designs, and can be modified to use other torpedoes (such as the MU90 Impact aboard Royal Australian Navy frigates, or Royal Navy units using Sting Ray torpedoes).
The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.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 .
Armament: 100 mm Mod68 CADAM polyvalent artillery piece, 1 Phalanx CIWS, 2 × 3 12.75-inch Mk 32 torpedo tubes, 2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon, 1 Mk 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow; Powerplant: 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; Speed: 32 knots; Ships in class: 3; Operator: Portuguese Navy
A Japanese-built Mark 44 torpedo in the Kanoya Air Base Museum. Main article: Mark 44 torpedo Designed 1953, in service 1957 (USA). In Japanese service 1961, initially imported. The Mark 44 Mod 1 was manufactured in Japan beginning in 1964, [3] locally designated as the Mark 44-1-N. A ubiquitous acoustic homing ASW torpedo for NATO-aligned ...
Mk 30 target torpedo; Mk 32 SVTT (Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes) Mk 33 3"/50 DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 36 SRBOC (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Countermeasure) Mk 37 Torpedo; Mk 38 Chain Gun; Mk 38 Mod 1 Machine Gun; Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized Machine Gun; Mk 41 VLS (Vertical Launch System) Mk 42 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 44 Torpedo; Mk 45 5 ...
As built, the decoy system comprises Two BAE Systems Shield Mark 2 decoy launchers which fire chaff to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) and infrared rockets to 169 metres (185 yd) in distraction, confusion and centroid seduction modes. The torpedo decoy is the AN/SLQ-25A Nixie towed acoustic decoy from Argon ST. The ship's radar warning receiver, the ...
As designed, the main armament for the frigate is a 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 gun, supplemented by an eight-cell Mark 41 vertical launch system (for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles), two 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns, and two Mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets (initially firing Mark 46 torpedoes, but later ...
2 × 5-inch (127mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × Mk 26 launchers for 68 × RIM-66 SM-2MR Block IIIA(RIM-66K-2 and RUR-5 ASROC; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 cannons (Varies from ship to ship, Block 0/1/1A/1B) 2 × 4 Mk 141 Harpoon missile canisters; 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk46 torpedoes) (14 ...