Mk 13 GMLS
History
The Mk 13 GMLS was fitted on the The GMLS was designed to fire the RIM-24 Tartar missile. It was later in its career able to fire the RIM-66 Standard MR and RGM-84 Harpoon missiles.
The magazine had an capacity of 40 missiles, stored in 2 rings. The launcher could load from both the inner and outer ring. on top of the magazine was the actual launcher, of the Mk 116 single arm tartar launcher type. An installation with just the inner ring was build, which is known as the Mk 22 GMLS.
Used on
- Charles F. Adams class (last ten)
- Impavido class
- Mitscher class
- T47 class destroyer (Anti-air modernisation)
- Amatzukaze
- Perth class
- Brooke class
- Lutjens class
- Audace class
- Baleares class
- California class
- Tromp class
- Cassard class
- Luigi Durand de la Penne class
- Perry class
- Adelaide class
- Jacob van Heemskerck class
- ADF 1973 (proposed)
- DG/AEGIS (proposed)
Affiliated systems
- RIM-24 Tartar
- RGM-84 Harpoon
- Mk 74 Tartar FCS
- Mk 87 FCS
- Mk 92 FCS
- RIM-66 Standard MR
- RIM-55A Typhon MR (proposed)
- AEGIS System (proposed)
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 the magazine of the Mk 13 is marked in green. The actual cross section of the magazine in top view is drawn in red, as the upper part of the launcher extends out from the magazine. The missiles underneath the part drawing are oversized for detail.
