Mark 19 torpedo

Mark 19 torpedo
Type	Anti-surface ship torpedo^[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	never in service^[1]
Production history
Designer	Westinghouse Electric^[1]
Designed	1942^[1]
Number built	10 prototypes^[1]
Specifications
Weight	3240 pounds^[1]
Length	246 inches^[1]
Diameter	21 inches^[1]

Effective firing range	4000 yards^[1]
Warhead	Mk 20, Torpex^[1]
Warhead weight	800 pounds^[1]
Detonation mechanism	Mk 7 contact/magnetic influence exploder^[1]

Engine	Electric^[1]
Speed	29 knots^[1]
Guidance system	Gyroscope^[1]
Launch platform	Submarines^[1]

The Mark 19 torpedo was an electric torpedo designed in 1942 by Westinghouse Electric as a follow-on development of the Mark 18 torpedo. The goal was to build a torpedo that incorporated all-electric controls in place of pneumatic controls. Its gyroscope and depth control were electrically controlled and operated, while the rudders were solenoid operated.^[1]

Further development of the Mark 19 was cancelled in favor of the Mark 26 torpedo.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Torpedo History: Torpedo Mk19". Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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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