Mark 19 torpedo

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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]
No. 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]

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