| W55 nuclear warhead | |
| Type: | Nuclear weapon |
| Origin: | United States |
| Is Explosive: | yes |
| Designer: | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Production Date: | January 1964 to March 1968 and May 1974 to April 1974 |
| Number: | 285 warheads produced in two production runs |
| Length: | 39.4inches |
| Yield: | Disputed, either 1to or |
| Ref: | [1] [2] [3] |
The W55 was a tactical nuclear weapon that was in service with the US Navy from 1964 to 1990,[4] and was carried by the UUM-44 SUBROC submarine-launched missile as a nuclear depth bomb.[5]
The last W55 warhead was dismantled in December 1996.[6]