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A test of the Mark 90 was conducted in 1955, as [[Operation Wigwam]]. |
A test of the Mark 90 was conducted in 1955, as [[Operation Wigwam]]. |
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A total of about 225 such bombs were produced.<ref>https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/mk7.htm |
A total of about 225 such bombs were produced.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/mk7.htm | title=Mark 7 Nuclear Bomb }}</ref> |
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All units were withdrawn from service by 1960. |
All units were withdrawn from service by 1960. |
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 22 August 2024
The Mark 90 nuclear bomb, given the nickname "Betty", was a Cold War nuclear depth charge, developed by the United States in 1952.
It had a length of 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m), a diameter of 2 ft 7.5 in (0.80 m), and a weight of 1,243 lb (564 kg), and it carried a Mark 7 nuclear warhead with a yield of 32 kilotons. Its purpose was to serve as an anti-submarine weapon for the United States Navy.
A test of the Mark 90 was conducted in 1955, as Operation Wigwam.
A total of about 225 such bombs were produced.[1]
All units were withdrawn from service by 1960.
Accident
[edit]On September 25, 1959, a United States Navy Martin P5M-2 Marlin (BuNo 135540, SG tailcode, '6', of VP-50) was patrolling out of NAS Whidbey Island when it was forced to ditch in the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles (160 km) west of the Washington-Oregon border.
A Mark 90 depth charge casing was lost and never recovered, but it was not fitted with an active warhead.[citation needed] The ten crew members were rescued by the US Coast Guard, after ten hours in a raft. The press was not notified at the time.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mark 7 Nuclear Bomb".
- ^ Gibson, James N. Nuclear Weapons of the United States – An Illustrated History. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1996, LCCN 96-67282, ISBN 0-7643-0063-6, Chapter 12, "Nuclear Anti-Submarine Weapons", p. 214.