Mark 60 CAPTOR

Mark 60 CAPTOR
Mark 60 mine being loaded into a B-52 Stratofortress at Loring Air Force Base in 1989
Type	Antisubmarine naval mine
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1979
Used by	United States Navy
Wars	Cold War
Production history
Manufacturer	Alliant Techsystems
Specifications
Weight	Aircraft/ship-laid:1,077 kg (2,374 lb) Submarine-laid:935 kg (2,061 lb)
Length	Aircraft/ship-laid:3.68 m (145 in) Submarine-laid:3.35 m (132 in)
Diameter	530 mm (21 in)

Effective firing range	8,000 yards (7,300 m)
Warhead	Mark 46 torpedo
Warhead weight	44 kg (97 lb), PBXN-103

Engine	Two-speed, reciprocating external combustion
Propellant	Otto fuel II
Maximum depth	3,000 feet (910 m)
Speed	>28 knots (52 km/h)
Guidance system	Active or passive/active acoustic homing, snake or circle search, reliable acoustic path (RAP) sound propagation
Launch platform	Aircraft, surface ship and submarines

The Mark 60 CAPTOR (Encapsulated Torpedo) is the United States Navy's primary anti-submarine naval mine. This deep-water mine is laid by ship, aircraft or submarine, and is anchored to the ocean floor. When its sonar detects a hostile submarine, the CAPTOR launches a Mark 46 torpedo.^[1]

The name CAPTOR is short for enCAPsulated TORpedo.^[1] The CAPTOR was the U.S. Navy's standard anti-submarine mine during the Cold War, having enough computer power to detect the difference in acoustic signature between ships and submarines. When an enemy submarine passes close by, the passive sonar detects it and releases the torpedo, which tracks the sound until it contacts the submarine hull and explodes.

References

1 2 Thomas, Vincent C. The Almanac of Seapower 1987 Navy League of the United States (1987) ISBN 0-9610724-8-2 p.191

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U.S. Navy torpedoes

Pre-World War II	Howell Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 1 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo Whitehead Mark 5 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo Short Mark 7 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt Mark 9 torpedo Mark 10 torpedo Mark 11 torpedo Mark 12 torpedo

World War II	Mark 13 torpedo Mark 14 torpedo Mark 15 torpedo Mark 16 torpedo Mark 17 torpedo Mark 18 torpedo Mark 19 torpedo Mark 20 torpedo Mark 21 torpedo Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo Mark 22 torpedo Mark 23 torpedo Mark 24 mine Mark 25 torpedo Mark 26 torpedo Mark 27 torpedo Mark 28 torpedo Mark 29 torpedo Mark 30 torpedo mine Mark 31 torpedo

Post-World War II	Mark 32 torpedo Mark 33 torpedo Mark 34 torpedo Mark 35 torpedo Mark 36 torpedo Mark 37 torpedo Mark 39 torpedo Mark 43 torpedo Mark 44 torpedo Mark 45 torpedo Mark 46 torpedo Mark 48 torpedo Mark 50 torpedo Mark 54 MAKO Lightweight Torpedo

Related topics	Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Whitehead torpedo

See also: AUM-N-2 Petrel, Mark 60 CAPTOR, RUR-5 ASROC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC and UUM-125 Sea Lance

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