Mark 33 torpedo

Mark 33 torpedo
Mark 33 torpedo
Type	Acoustic torpedo
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	never in service
Production history
Designer	Bureau of Ordnance; General Electric; Exide
Designed	1943
No. built	30
Specifications
Mass	1795 pounds
Length	156 inches
Diameter	21 inches
Effective firing range	5000–19,000 yards
Warhead	HBX
Warhead weight	500 pounds
Engine	Electric
Maximum speed	12.5-18.5 knots
Guidance; system	Gyroscope
Launch; platform	Submarines and aircraft

PlaceoforiginUnited States

Inservicenever in service

The Mark 33 torpedo was the first passive acoustic antisurface ship/antisubmarine homing torpedo intended for the United States Navy to employ a cast aluminum shell. It featured two speeds – high and low, and was meant to be launched from submarines and aircraft.^[1]

Production of the Mark 33 was discontinued at the end of World War II, but its features were incorporated into the Mark 35 torpedo.

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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 41 torpedo Mark 43 torpedo Mark 44 torpedo Mark 45 torpedo Mark 46 torpedo Mark 48 torpedo Mark 50 torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Related topics	Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Whitehead torpedo
See also: American 18 inch torpedo, American 21 inch torpedo, Project Kingfisher, Mark 60 CAPTOR, RUR-5 ASROC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, UUM-44 SUBROC, and UUM-125 Sea Lance

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Mark 33 torpedo
Type	Acoustic torpedo^[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	never in service
Production history
Designer	Bureau of Ordnance^[1] General Electric Exide
Designed	1943^[1]
No. built	30^[1]
Specifications
Mass	1795 pounds^[1]
Length	156 inches^[1]
Diameter	21 inches^[1]

Effective firing range	5000–19,000 yards^[1]
Warhead	HBX^[1]
Warhead weight	500 pounds^[1]

Engine	Electric^[1]
Maximum speed	12.5-18.5 knots^[1]
Guidance system	Gyroscope^[1]
Launch platform	Submarines and aircraft^[1]