Mark 22 torpedo | |
Origin: | United States |
Type: | Anti-surface ship torpedo[1] |
Is Ranged: | yes |
Is Explosive: | yes |
Is Missile: | yes |
Service: | never in service |
Designer: | Bell Telephone Laboratories Westinghouse Electric |
Design Date: | 1944 |
Number: | 2 prototypes[2] |
Weight: | 3060 pounds |
Length: | 246 inches |
Diameter: | 21 inches |
Range: | 4000 yards |
Filling: | HBX |
Filling Weight: | 500 pounds |
Engine: | Electric |
Speed: | 29 knots |
Guidance: | Gyroscope |
Launch Platform: | Submarines |
The Mark 22 torpedo, was an active acoustic homing torpedo developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Westinghouse Electric 1944. Development of this torpedo was discontinued at the end of World War II.[1]