Gridley is named after captain charles gridley, commander of admiral george deweys flagship olympia, flag captain and recipient of admiral. The history of the sea mine and its continued importance in. Et52 is essentially the a244s torpedo with technologies of us mk 46 mod. Canada intends to upgrade its current inventory of mk 46 torpedoes to the mk 54 with the purchase of these kits.
The mk 46 is the most common lightweight torpedo in the world and remains in widespread use. Describes the mk 46 torpedo in schematics with identification of essential characteristics in tabular form. Modern us navy submarines paper forge modern warships. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The anao assists the auditorgeneral to carry out his duties under the auditorgeneral act 1997 to undertake performance audits, financial statement audits and. It also uses the proven mk 46 warhead and propulsion subsystems. Autec atlantic undersea test and evaluation center.
Information and documents presented here are works of the u. A loading analysis of cmos integrated circuits in the control group of torpedo mk 46 mod 5 neartip was performed for the naval ocean systems center. Aim9, aim120, and aim54 airtoair missiles, agm65, agm78, agm84, and agm88 airtosurface missiles, and the mk 46 torpedo. Government and are not subject to protection in the u. Mk 46 warshot configuration the warshot configuration of the mk 46 mods torpedo consists of a nose section, warhead, control group, long fuel tank, and after body.
The current version of the mk 46 is the dualspeed, active or activepassive mod 5a s. The mk46 torpedo is designed to be launched from surface combatant torpedo tubes, asroc missiles and fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Canada plans to utilize mk 54 lightweight torpedoes on its royal canadian navys halifax class ships, the royal. A tactical warhead containing explosives is used in the warshot configuration. Thank you for purchasing the musicom lab efx mkiv audio controller. The torpedo attack group consisted of 12 tbds of vt3, each armed with one mk torpedo. Description the mk 46 torpedo, first introduced in 1965, is a surface ship and aircraftlaunched antisubmarine weapon. Captor mines, also known as mk 60 mines, combine the elements of a mine and a torpedo in a single weapon. Librascopes new alldigital lfcs mk i is adaptable to both new construction and to backfit in surface ships and submarines. Mk 92 mod 2 fire control system 2d air search radar ansps55 surface search radar weapons mk 75 76mm62 caliber oto melara cannon mk15 block 1b phalanx cwis mk 46 mod 5 asw torpedoes 2 mk 38 mod 0 25mm cannons 2 mk 32 triple 324mm surface vessel torpedo tubes aircraft 2 sh60b light airborne multipurpose system mk iii helicopter. The mk 54 mod 0 lightweight torpedo integrates existing torpedo hardware and software from the mk 46, mk 50 and mk 48 torpedo programs with stateoftheart. The mk 54 torpedo is an upgrade of the mk 46 torpedo.
The government model mk iv series 80 retains a quality of. Navy from torpedo inception in europe by robert whitehead in 1866 up to and including torpedo mk 48 of 1978. Major elements of the mk 46 are transducer nose, warhead or exercise head, fuel tank and afterbody assembly. Us navy 110715ndu438039 sailors guide a mk46 torpedo during an ammunition transfer. Report on military use of ngrain interactive 3d equipment simulations in training and operations. Also included are flat counters for sh2 and sh60 helicopters, sm2mr surfacetoair missile, agm84 harpoon antiship missile, bgm109 tomahawk cruise missile, asroc standoff torpedo, and mk 46 torpedo. Axis q6045 mk ii is a topoftheline indoor ptz dome, offering a rich viewing experience. Lightweight torpedo replacement project 10 anao audit report no. This is a basic list of the asw and torpedo weapon systems used by the canadian navy since the 1930s.
Also included are flat counters for mk 48 torpedo, subroc mk 46 standoff torpedo, agm84 cruise missile, and bgm109 tomahawk cruise missile. Et52 torpedo is the chinese development of the italian alenia a244s light asw acoustic homing torpedo, and is considered by many domestic chinese sources as chinese equivalent of the a244s mod. The mk 54 torpedo, an upgrade of the mk 46 torpedo, will be integrated on the lockheedsikorsky mh60r helicopter. The mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the united states navy s lightweight antisubmarine warfare torpedo inventory and is the nato standard.
Depending on its configuration, the mk 46 dimensions are about as follows. George, in what has been termed a near perfect tactical action by military historians, the little beavers destroyed three ships of a larger japanese force while sustaining no damage. Modern us navy cruisers designed for modern naval wargames such as harpoon, these paper miniatures include the ships belknap, leahy, long beach. The united states navys atlantic undersea test and evaluation center autec is a laboratory that performs integrated threedimensional hydrospaceaerospace trajectory measurements covering the entire spectrum of undersea simulated warfare calibration, classifications, detection, and destruction. The mk 54 torpedo is designed to be easily upgraded from the existing mk 46 torpedo. It is presently identified as the nato standard and has been acquired by more than 25 countries. Commander, naval surface force, atlantic uss simpson ffg 56. These con tracts were received from westinghouse electric company and general electric company and are part of the an sqq89 surface ship anti submarine weapon system program. Armed with asroc and torpedoes, her primary mission would be to patrol the pacific ocean, locate and identify soviet submarines, and, in the event of armed conflict, destroy them. Australia intends to use the mk 54 torpedo on the lockheedsikorsky mh60r helicopter. Remediation of the lightweight torpedo replacement project.
Milv810726 not 1 valve, servo, electrohydraulic, four. A mark 46 mod 5a torpedo is inspected aboard the guided missile destroyer uss mustin. The navy introduced the mk 46 mod 5a sw service life extension program slep torpedo in september 1996 which boasts improved countercountermeasure performance, enhanced target acquisition, provides a bottomavoidance preset. Navy torpedo development, sometimes called op 353w or td5436. Mark 37c torpedo system technical description, nvr 7350, 1973, describes the update of the mk 37 torpedo to the c version. It was considerably longer and heavier than the mk 14, so im not sure they could have loaded them in a fleet boat without some major modifications like external tubes, which were tried on some vessels of the fleet classes about midwar. Mk46 torpedo the mk46 torpedo, first introduced in 1965, is a surface ship and aircraftlaunched antisubmarine weapon. Two separate contracts were received by librascope during the month of august, to manufacture torpedo setting panels mk 331. Valve, servo, electrohydraulic, four way for torpedo mk 46 mod 0 no ss document document status. The different sources upon which this page is based sometimes have conflicting information and details, and some of the information seen here has therefore been extrapolated from those conflicting sources.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The 16th of 46 knoxclass destroyer escorts, francis hammond was designed for antisubmarine warfare asw. Milstd202 truckloading warhead, mk 103 mod 0 for mk 46 torpedo in container, mk 301 mods 0 and 1 and exercise head, mk 85 mods 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 domest. The analysis, which included documenting loads and calculating rise times for about 1400 cmos outputs, revealed no problems related to cmos fanout or rise time. This report covers the growthdevelopment of the automobile or selfpropelled torpedo in the u. Fcs mk 1 is the standard weapon control system aboard attack class and fleet ballistic missile submarines of the u. Milstd202 truckloading warhead, mk 103 mod 0 for mk. Mk 46 exercise configuration there are three versions of exercise torpedoes available for aircraft launching. A french lynx helicopter carrying a mk 46 torpedo the mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the united states navy s lightweight antisubmarine warfare torpedo inventory, and is the current nato standard. From 18901896 it was used as an antisurface ship torpedo fired from battleships and torpedo boats.
It is presently identified as the nato standard and has. In 1989, a major upgrade program began to enhance the performance of the mk46 mod 5 in shallow water. The history of the sea mine and its continued importance. The mk 15 was a torpedo developed along with the mk 14, but it was strictly a surface torpedo for dd use, i believe. Weapons incorporating these improvements are identified as mod 5a and mod 5as. It is an independent, selfcontained, unmanned attack system. Wikipedia the fourth uss gridley ddg 101 is the fiftyfirst arleigh burkeclass destroyer in the united states navy. Australia has significant experience with modern weapons systems, particularly the mk 46 mod 5 sw torpedo. At about 1220 vb3 lost contact with the torpedo planes and was unable to communicate with them by radio. The mk 54 program leverages the most modern torpedo technologies from the mk 50 and mk 48 advanced capability programs. When required, it deploys an mk 46 torpedo to attack and destroy its target.
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