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History
The Mk 57 PVLS was first fitted on the Zumwalt class destroyers. The system was designed to give more growth space compared with the existing Mk 41 VLS. The Mk 57 VLS was build up from 4-cell modules.
Used on
- Zumwalt class
Affiliated systems
- RIM 166 RAM Block 2 only
- NLOS-LS
- RUM-139 VL ASROC
- RIM-66 Standard MR Standard Missile 2 only
- RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
- RIM-156 Standard Missile 2 ER Blk IV
- RGM-109 Tomahawk
- Nulka Decoy
- RIM-174 Standard 6 ERAM
Part description
The drawing has the below deck installation drawn in, which requires covering for use on a finished Shipbucket drawing. Approximate deck levels around the launcher are drawn in red, the height of the covering that should hide structural parts of the launcher is drawn in green.
