Mark 32 torpedo
Diagram of the Mark 32 torpedo
Type	Acoustic torpedo[1]
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1950-1955[1]
Used by	United States Navy
Production history
Designer	General Electric[1] Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
Designed	1950[1]
Manufacturer	Philco[1] Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park Leeds and Northrup
No. built	3300[1]
Specifications
Mass	700 pounds[1]
Length	83 inches[1]
Diameter	19 inches with 25.4-inch fins[1]
Effective firing range	9600 yards[1] (24-minute search duration)
Warhead	Mk 32 Mod 1, HBX[1]
Warhead weight	107 pounds[1]
Detonation mechanism	Mk 19 Mods 4 and 11 contact exploder[1]
Engine	Electric[1]
Maximum speed	12 knots[1]
Guidance system	Helix search[1]
Launch platform	Destroyers and aircraft[1]

The Mark 32 torpedo was the first active acoustic antisubmarine homing torpedo in United States Navy service.^[1] The Mark 32 was withdrawn from service use with the introduction of the Mark 43 torpedo.

Ten were manufactured by Leeds & Northrup, Philadelphia during War II, and about 3,300 were manufactured by a combination of the Philco Corporation, Philadelphia, and the Naval Ordnance Plant, Forest Park, Illinois.^[1]

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