Mark 33 torpedo | |
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Type | Acoustic torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | never in service |
Production history | |
Designer |
Bureau of Ordnance
[1] General Electric Exide |
Designed | 1943 [1] |
No. built | 30 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1795 pounds [1] |
Length | 156 inches [1] |
Diameter | 21 inches [1] |
Effective firing range | 5000-19,000 yards [1] |
Warhead | HBX [1] |
Warhead weight | 500 pounds [1] |
Engine | Electric [1] |
Maximum speed | 12.5-18.5 knots [1] |
Guidance system | Gyroscope [1] |
Launch platform | Submarines and aircraft [1] |
The Mark 33 torpedo was the first passive acoustic antisurface ship/ antisubmarine homing torpedo intended for the United States Navy to employ a cast aluminum shell. It featured two speeds – high and low, and was meant to be launched from submarines and aircraft. [1]
Production of the Mark 33 was discontinued at the end of World War II, but its features were incorporated into the Mark 35 torpedo.