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Mk-26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS)
 

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The Mk 26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was a US Navy fully automated system that stows, handles, and launches a variety of missiles. The system supported RIM-66 Standard, RUR-5 ASROC, and potentially other weapons. The Mk 26 had the shortest reaction time and the fastest firing rate of any comparable dual arm shipboard launching system at the time. With only one man at the control console, a weapon can be selected, hoisted to the guide arm, and launched. Several mods (0 to 5) provided magazine capabilities of 24 to 64 missiles.

Mk26 mod 0 - 24 missiles, forward Virginia class cruiser
Mk26 mod 1 - 44 missiles, aft Virginia class cruiser
Mk26 mod 2 - 64 missiles, Strike cruiser, not deployed
Mk26 mod 3 - 24 missiles, updated mod 0 systems, forward Kidd class destroyer
Mk26 mod 4 - 44 missiles, updated mod 1 systems, aft Kidd class destroyer
Mk26 mod 5 - 44 missiles, modified mod 4 system for early Ticonderoga class cruiser


Used for:
RIM-66 Standard Missile MR (SAM)
RGM-84 Harpoon (SSM)
RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rocket

Used on:
Virginia class Cruiser DLGN / CGN
Ticonderoga class Cruiser CG
Kidd class Destroyer DDG
  

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Ticonderoga class Cruiser

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Ticonderoga class Cruiser

mk-26 missile launcher rim-66 standard rgm-84 harpoon rur-5 asroc
Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Ticonderoga class Cruiser

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Ticonderoga class Cruiser

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Ticonderoga class Cruiser

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Kidd class Destroyer

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Mk-26 guided missile launching system (GMLS) aboard a Kidd class Destroyer

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a view through the loading arm door of various missiles in the magazine of the aft Mark 26 missile launcher
aboard the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS ARKANSAS (CGN 41)
 
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