Picture
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Designation
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Description
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Mk 1
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Twin Arm Terrier Launcher on
USS
Mississippi
for initial Terrier testing.
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Mk 4
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Early Twin-arm launcher for the
RIM-2 Terrier
. Fit only to the
Boston
-class
guided missile cruisers. Vertically loading design distinguished this launcher from the horizontally loading Mk 9 and Mk 10.
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Mk 5
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Twin-arm launcher for the Terrier,
Tartar
and
Standard
missiles. Terrier Extended Range missiles were fired from its right arm rail, while Tartar Medium Range missiles were launched from its left arm. Used at
USS
Desert Ship
Navy surface-to-air weapons testing facility at White Sands Missile Range.
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Mk 7
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Twin-arm launcher for the
RIM-8 Talos
missile. Used on
Galveston
-class cruisers
. Differed from Mk 12 in that all missiles were stored above main deck.
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Mk 8
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Twin-arm launcher for the RIM-2 Terrier missile. Used on
USS
Gyatt
.
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Mk 9
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Twin-arm launcher for the RIM-2 Terrier missile. Used on
Providence
-class cruisers
. Differed from Mk 10 in that all missiles were stored above main deck.
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Mk 10
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Twin-arm launcher for the RIM-2 Terrier or
RIM-67 Standard
missile. Employed below main deck magazines. Used on
Belknap
-class cruisers
and other Terrier ships. Some launchers are modified to store and launch the
RUR-5 ASROC
.
[1]
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Mk 11
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Twin-arm launcher for RIM-24 Tartar or
RIM-66 Standard
missile. Used on
Albany
-class cruisers
and the first thirteen
Charles F. Adams
-class destroyers
. The
New Threat Upgrade
added the ability to launch
RGM-84 Harpoon
anti-ship missiles.
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Mk 12
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Twin-arm launcher for the RIM-8 Talos missile. Employed below main deck magazines. Deployed on
Albany
-class cruisers and
USS
Long Beach
.
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Mk 13
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A Single-arm rail-launch system. Initial mods fired RIM-24 Tartar missiles, while later mods supported RIM-66 Standard and RGM-84 Harpoon missiles (40 missiles total). Used on
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class frigates
and
California
-class cruisers
and other Tartar ships.
[1]
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Mk 14
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A Mk 13 launcher for the
RIM-55 Typhon MR
. Canceled.
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Mk 16
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The 8-round ASROC "Pepper Box" launcher for the
RUR-5
ASROC. Used on many USN and other vessels. Some vessels such as the last three
Brooke
-class frigates
, all
Knox
-class frigates
,
California
-class cruisers and the
Spruance
-class destroyers
had reloading systems and up to 16 reloads. Other classes of vessel had no reloads.
[2]
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Similar to Mk 13 launcher.
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Mk 22
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A single-arm rail-launch system similar to the Mk 13, but with a smaller magazine (16 missiles total). It supports RIM-24 Tartar, RIM-66 Standard MR and RGM-84 Harpoon missiles, and is currently deployed on the US-designed
Spanish Navy
Baleares
-class frigates
.
[3]
Formerly used on
Brooke
-class frigates.
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Mk 25
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The box launcher for Basic Point Defense Missile system (BPDMS) carrying eight
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
with mid-fins not folded. Used on
Knox
-class frigates and others. Replaced by Mk 29.
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Mk 26
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A twin-arm rail-launch system which supports RIM-66 Standard, RUR-5 ASROC, and other missile types. It was used on U.S. Navy ships including early
Ticonderoga
-class cruisers
,
Virginia
-class cruisers
and
Kidd
-class destroyers
.
[3]
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Mk 29
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The 8-cell launcher, featured on
Nimitz
-class aircraft carriers
and other
NATO
Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM)-carrying ships. It fires RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles, with mid-fins folded making it smaller than the Mk 25 launchers.
[3]
Launchers are being retrofitted to launch the
RIM-162D Evolved Sea Sparrow
.
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Mk 32
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Single round launcher for the standard missile. Used only by Taiwan, currently fit to the
Chi Yang
-class frigates
.
[3]
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Mk 41
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The vertical launch system first fitted to
USS
Bunker Hill
. These launchers are highly versatile and can launch a wide range of USN ordnance. Currently missiles that are operational from this launcher type are the RIM-66M Standard,
RIM-156A Standard
,
RIM-161 Standard 3
,
RUM-139 VL ASROC
, RIM-7 VL Sea Sparrow, RIM-162A/B Evolved Sea Sparrow, and the
RIM-174A Standard ERAM
.
[4]
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Mk 45
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Vertical launcher for the
UGM-109 Tomahawk
cruise missile on USN submarines.
[5]
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Mk 48
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The Mk 48 GMLS is a vertical launch system for RIM-7 VL Sea Sparrow and the RIM-162C Evolved Sea Sparrow missile. This launcher is used primarily by the
Royal Canadian Navy
and
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force
, but has not been adopted by the USN.
[6]
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Mk 49
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The 21-round launcher for the
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
.
[6]
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Mk 53
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Nulka anti-missile decoy launcher.
[6]
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Mk 56
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The Mk 56 GMLS is a vertical launch system for the RIM-162C Evolved Sea Sparrow missile. This launcher is primarily used by the
Royal Danish Navy
and has not been adopted by the USN
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Mk 57
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Peripheral Vertical Launching System, developed for the DDG-1000 destroyer.
[7]
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Mk 87
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The
RGM-184 NSM
missile launch system.
[8]
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Mk 141
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The
RGM-84 Harpoon
missile tube launcher.
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Mk 143
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The "
Armored Box Launcher
" for the
BGM-109A/B/C Tomahawk
cruise missiles.
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