Mark 11 missile launcher

The Mark 11 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a twin-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels.

Mark 11 Guided Missile Launching System
RIM-24 Tartar blue and white Training Surface to Air Missiles (T-SAMs) being displayed on the port Mark 11 launcher of the guided missile cruiser USS Chicago
TypeGuided Missile Launching System
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byUnited States Navy
WarsCold War
Vietnam War
Specifications
Rate of fire1 Tartar salvo every 20 seconds

The launcher could use the RIM-24 Tartar or RIM-66 Standard MR missile and was used on Albany-class cruisers and the first thirteen Charles F. Adams-class destroyers. The destroyers had one launcher at the rear of the ship while the cruisers had 2 launchers mounted amidships on either side of the ship. New Threat Upgrade added the ability to launch RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The single armed Mark 13 missile launcher was similar in size and footprint and was used in the later Charles F. Adams class destroyers instead of the Mark 11.

Usage
  • An RGM-84A Harpoon antiship cruise missile is fired from a Mark 11 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Lawrence
    An RGM-84A Harpoon antiship cruise missile is fired from a Mark 11 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Lawrence

See also

References
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