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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).
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 ...
The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.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
The Knox-class ship was armed with a single 5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun. It mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch gun and the bridge. Its close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes.
The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3"/50 caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes.
2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes – 1989 HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Torrens entered service in 1971, and was active until her decommissioning in 1998.
They were powered by steam turbines instead of diesel engines and incorporated a first class anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon system: the SQS-26BX sonar, MK 112 ASROC rocket launcher, and MK 32 torpedo tubes. Gun (naval artillery) armament (MK 33 3 inch/50 caliber) was changed in the Garcia class to two MK 30 5 inch/38 caliber guns.