Mark 13 missile launcher

In the United States Navy, the Mark 13 launcher was most typically employed as part of the Mark 74 Guided Missile Launch System, or the Mark 92 Fire Control System. Though the launcher was original armament on U.S. Navy Perry-class frigates (and their derivatives), in order to save costs on an obsolete system, by 2004 all active U.S. Navy vessels have had the system removed. It was also fitted on the French Cassard-class frigates, as well as the two Mitscher-class destroyers converted to DDGs, the last ten American Charles F. Adams-class destroyers, the American s, the German s and Australian s and s, and Dutch s and s, and Italian s. Due to the end of the US Navy's support of the Mark 13 missile launcher, support for the systems in Taiwanese service was taken up by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. The same approach was taken for the Mark 13’s SM-1. ==Variations==

The Mark 14 guided missile launching system (GMLS) was a proposed variant of the Mark 13 for launching the larger RIM-55 Typhon MR missile. It was canceled before any were made. The Mark 22 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a variation of the Mark 13 launcher which has only the inner 16 round storage ring of the Mark 13 launcher. and US Navy Brooke class frigates. Another major difference is that on the Mark 22 the magazine is non-rotating. The launcher rotates over the desired missile and it is then hoisted onto the rail. On the Mark 13 the magazine rotates under the launcher. ==Gallery==

File:Standard Missile - ID 060730-N-8977L-011.jpg|A Standard MR missile being fired from the Mark 13 launcher of Spanish frigate Canarias File:RGM-84 Harpoon on missile launcher of USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) on 1 October 1990 (6476486).jpg|A Harpoon Missile on the rail of a Mark 13 aboard File:HMAS Adelaide FFG01 Mk13 missile launcher loading part 3.jpg|Training round (GMTR) loaded for testing aboard File:Mk 13 GMLS aboard USS Doyle (FFG-39).jpg|Elevated viewpoint of the Mark 13 launcher aboard File:MK 13 GMLS Diagram.jpg|Diagram of the Mark 13 mod 4 GMLS File:Mark 13 missile launcher of ROCN PFG-1110 20190324.jpg|ROCS Tian Dan's Mark 13 launchers File:08.30 總統秋節勗勉「空軍天駒部隊」、「澎防部防空連」、「空軍第七雷達中隊」及「海軍146艦隊」 (52322380105).jpg|Mark 13 in Taiwanese service in 2022 ==See also==