Mark 22 torpedo

Mark 22 torpedo
Type	Anti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	never in service[1]
Production history
Designer	Bell Telephone Laboratories[1] Westinghouse Electric
Designed	1944[1]
No. built	2 prototypes[2]
Specifications
Mass	3060 pounds[1]
Length	246 inches[1]
Diameter	21 inches[1]
Effective firing range	4000 yards[1]
Warhead	HBX[1]
Warhead weight	500 pounds[1]
Engine	Electric[1]
Maximum speed	29 knots[1]
Guidance system	Gyroscope[1]
Launch platform	Submarines[1]

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]

See also

• Mark 21 torpedo, two acoustic homing torpedo projects, one developed by Bell Labs and one by Westinghouse.
• American 21-inch torpedo

References

1. Jolie, E.W. (15 September 1978). "A Brief History of US Navy Torpedo Development: Torpedo Mk22". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. "United States of America Torpedoes Pre-World War II". Retrieved 26 June 2013.