Mark 45 torpedo
The torpedo at an American naval museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- 227 in ( 5.766 m) ( mod 1)
- 2213 lbs. (1004 kg) ( mod 1)
Remote ignition cable from abschießenden boat
Submarines
The Mark 45 ASTOR (English: Mark 45 anti - submarine torpedo ) was a torpedo of the United States Navy for the fight against fast and deep-diving submarines.
The weapon was either 5.71 or 5.76 meters long and had a diameter of 19 inches ( 48 cm) with a weight from 1004 to 1057 kilograms ( depending on version). Applicable she was on straight against surface targets or cable controlled against submarines.
The nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of 11 kilotons of TNT equivalent could only be fired by a command via the control cable, there was no detonator on board the torpedo so as to satisfy requirements for the security of nuclear weapons to do. Since there were so inevitably a remote control, could be dispensed with homing equipment in the weapon, all target data and steering information was gathered and transmitted by abschießenden boat.
1976, the evidence of the power of the torpedo Mark 48 was provided, so the marrow could be put out of service 45. Some decommissioned torpedoes were rebuilt as demonstration models and equipped with conventional warheads and simple homing mechanisms as Mark 45 Mod 1 Torpedo Freedom offered the navies of other countries, however, there was no sale.