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Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo

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Place of origin
  
United States

Designed
  
1943

In service
  
never in service

Type
  
Anti-surface ship torpedo

Designer
  
Bell Telephone Laboratories Underwater Sound Laboratory, Harvard University Ordnance Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

Manufacturer
  
Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park

The Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo, was a passive acoustic homing variant of the Mark 13 torpedo intended for use as a payload for the AUM-N-2 Petrel guided missile. Development of this torpedo was discontinued and it was not used in service to any extent.

References

Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo Wikipedia