Guided Missile Launching System

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The Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) is a device for launching guided missiles, and is found on many U.S. Navy ships.

1 Variants
- 1.1 Mk 10
- 1.2 Mk 11
- 1.3 Mk 12
- 1.4 Mk 13
- 1.5 Mk 16
- 1.6 Mk 22
- 1.7 Mk 25
- 1.8 Mk 26
- 1.9 Mk 29
- 1.10 Mk 41
- 1.11 Mk 48
- 1.12 Mk 49
- 1.13 Mk 141
- 1.14 Mk 143
2 Gallery
3 References

[edit] Variants

[edit] Mk 10

Mk 10 GMLS twin-arm launcher for the RIM-2 Terrier or RIM-67 Standard missile. Used on Belknap class cruisers and other Terrier ships.

[edit] Mk 11

Mk 11 GMLS twin-arm launcher for RIM-24 Tartar or RIM-66 Standard missile. Used on some Charles F. Adams class destroyers like USS John King (DDG-3)

[edit] Mk 12

Mk 12 GMLS twin-arm launcher for the RIM-8 Talos missile. Deployed on Albany class cruisers and the USS Long Beach.

[edit] Mk 13

The Mk 13 GMLS is a single-arm rail-launch system. Initial mods fired Tartar missiles, while later mods supported RIM-66 Standard and Harpoon missiles. (40 missiles total) Used on Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates and California class cruisers and other Tartar ships.

[edit] Mk 16

The Mk16 is the 8 round ASROC "Pepper Box" launcher for the RUR-5 ASROC. Used on many USN and other vessels. Some vessels such as the 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.

[edit] Mk 22

The Mk 22 GMLS is a rail-launch system similar to the Mk 13, but with a smaller magazine. It supports Tartar missiles, and is currently deployed on US-built Spanish frigates. (16 missiles total)

[edit] Mk 25

A launcher, for Basic Point Defense Missile system (BPDMS) carrying 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow with mid-fins not folded. Used on Knox class frigates and others. Replaced by Mk 29.

[edit] Mk 26

The Mk 26 GMLS is a double-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.

[edit] Mk 29

The Mk 29 GMLS is an 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.

[edit] Mk 41

The Mk 41 GMLS is the vertical launch system. These launchers are highly versitile and can launch a wide range of USN ordinance. 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, and the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow.

[edit] Mk 48

The Mk 48 GMLS is a vertial launch system for RIM-7 VL Sea Sparrow and the RIM-162C Evolved Sea Sparrow missile. This launcher is used primarily by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, and has not been adopted by the USN.

[edit] Mk 49

The Mk 49 GMLS is the 21 round launcher for the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.

[edit] Mk 141

The Mk 141 GMLS is the RGM-84 Harpoon missile tube launcher.

[edit] Mk 143

The Mk 143 GMLS was the "Armored Box Launcher" for the Tomahawk cruise missile.

[edit] Gallery

Mk 10 launcher	Mk 11 launcher	Mk 12 launcher	Mk 13 launcher
Mk 16 launcher	Mk 25 Sea Sparrow launcher	Mk 26 launcher	Mk 29 launcher
Mk 41 Vertical Launcher	Mk 49 launcher	Mk 143 launcher	Mk 141 launcher
An un-winged and un-finned SM-2ER inside the missile house of a Mk 10 GMLS on USS Mahan (DDG-42)	An SM-2ER in the magazine area, on a ready service ring of the Mk 10 GMLS on USS Mahan (DDG-42)