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Mark 17 torpedo
Type Anti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1944–1950[1]
Used by Flag of the United States United States Navy
Production history
Designer Naval Torpedo Station Newport
Naval Research Laboratory
Designed 1940[1]
Manufacturer Naval Torpedo Station Newport
No. built 450[1]
Specifications
Mass 4600 pounds[1]
Length 288 inches[1]
Diameter 21 inches[1]

Effective firing range 18,000 yards[1]
Warhead Mk 17 Mod 3, HBX[1]
Warhead weight 879.5 pounds[1]
Detonation
mechanism
Mk 6 Mod 1 contact exploder[1]

Engine Turbine[1]
Propellant "Navol", concentrated hydrogen peroxide
Maximum speed 46 knots[1]
Guidance
system
Gyroscope[1]
Launch
platform
Destroyers[1]

The Mark 17 torpedo was a long-range, high-speed torpedo developed by the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island and the Naval Research Laboratory in 1940. Development efforts on the Mark 17 were halted in 1941 in favor of producing Mark 13 and Mark 15 torpedoes during World War II; development resumed in 1944. Production of the Mark 17 began before development was complete and though 450 units were manufactured before the war was over, none of these were used in combat.[1] The Mark 17 was discontinued about 1950.

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