Mark 25 torpedo | |
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Type | Anti-surface ship torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | never in service [1] |
Production history | |
Designer | Division of War Research, Columbia University |
Designed | 1943 [1] |
Manufacturer | Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park |
Produced | 1946 |
No. built | 25 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2306 pounds [1] |
Length | 161 inches [1] |
Diameter | 22.5 inches [1] |
Effective firing range | 2500 yards [1] |
Warhead | Mk 25 [1] |
Warhead weight | 725 pounds [1] |
Engine | Turbine [1] |
Propellant | Alcohol |
Maximum speed | 40 knots [1] |
Guidance system | Gyroscope [1] |
Launch platform | Aircraft [1] |
The Mark 25 torpedo was an aircraft-launched anti-surface ship torpedo designed by the Division of War Research of Columbia University in 1943 as a replacement for the Mark 13 torpedo. [1]
It was designed for higher speed, greater strength and more ease of manufacture compared to the Mark 13. Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park built twenty-five units in 1946 for test and evaluation, however, this torpedo was never mass-produced due to the large inventory of Mark 13s left over at the end of World War II. Moreover, the role of Naval aircraft changed from a torpedo strike platform to an antisubmarine warfare platform.