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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The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.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
Also for ASW purposes, two triple Mk 32 torpedo tubes for the Mk 46 ASW torpedo were installed. These cruisers were initially converted into all-missile warships with no naval guns, but later on, two open-mount Mk 24 5-inch (127 mm) 38 calibre guns were added to the port side and the starboard side, near their aft exhaust stacks.
The initial design retained the Fletchers' heavy torpedo armament of 10 21-inch (533 mm) tubes in two quintuple mounts, firing the Mark 15 torpedo. As the threat from kamikaze aircraft mounted in 1945, and with few remaining Japanese warships to use torpedoes on, most of the class had the aft quintuple 21-inch torpedo tube mount replaced by an ...
The Ticonderoga-class cruisers are equipped with the Aegis Combat System and Bunker Hill was the first of the class to be equipped with the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) in place of the previous ships' twin-arm Mark 26 missile launchers, which greatly improved the flexibility and firepower of the ships by allowing them to fire BGM-109 ...
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.