Mark 35 torpedo

Mark 35 torpedo
Type	Acoustic torpedo^[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1949-1960^[1]
Used by	United States Navy
Production history
Designer	General Electric^[1]
Designed	1944^[1]
Manufacturer	General Electric
Produced	1949-1952
Number built	400^[1]
Specifications
Weight	1770 pounds^[1]
Length	162 inches^[1]
Diameter	21 inches^[1]

Effective firing range	15,000 yards^[1]
Warhead	Mk 35 Mods 2 or 3, HBX^[1]
Warhead weight	270 pounds^[1]
Detonation mechanism	Mk 19 Mod 3 contact exploder

Engine	Electric^[1]
Speed	27 knots^[1]
Guidance system	Gyroscope, helix search^[1]
Launch platform	Surface ships^[1]

The Mark 35 torpedo was the first of the United States Navy deep-diving anti-submarine torpedoes designed for surface launch.^[2] This electrically propelled 21-inch (53-cm) torpedo was 162 inches (4.11 m) long, weighed 1770 lb (803 kg), and carried a 270 lb (122.5 kg) Torpex high explosive warhead.^[3] This torpedo used one of the earliest active guidance systems and was introduced in 1949, but was classified as obsolete in the 1960s.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Jolie, E.W. (15 September 1978). "A Brief History of US Navy Torpedo Development: Torpedo Mine Mk35". Retrieved 22 June 2013.
1 2 Kurak, September 1966, p.145
↑ DiGiulian

References

Kurak, Steve (September 1966). "The U. S. Navy's Torpedo Inventory". United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
DiGiulian, Tony (31 December 2008). "NavWeaps". Retrieved 23 September 2009.

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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