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	ASROC
		The ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket) was the U.S. Navy's main ship-borne standoff anti-submarine weapon from the mid-1950s to the 1980s.
		The ARSOC with MK 44 was known as MOD 3, and with the MK 46, it became the MOD 4.
		In September 1989, at the end of the Cold War, the nuclear capability of ASROC was removed.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/asroc.htm (563 words)

	ASROC
		ASROC (for "Anti-Submarine Rocket") is an antisubmarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers.
		The first ASROC system, using the MK-112 "Matchbox" launcher, was developed in the 1950s and installed in the 1960s.
		VLA missiles were introduced into the fleet in 1993 as a baseline weapon for the cruisers and destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat system and as a replacement for the ASROC weapon on Spruance-class destroyers when the original ASROC launchers were replaced by the MK 41 VLS.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/as/asroc.html (445 words)

	Welcome to the United States Ship Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850
		The ASROC weapons were relatively small devices designed to fit inside the distinctive eight-cell box launcher found on almost all cruisers and destroyers of the 1960's-1980's.
		The nuclear depth charge configured ASROC on the other hand was a relatively simple device, as it was nothing more complicated than a ballistic, unguided rocket with a depth charge as payload.
		ASROC was housed in a MK 112 eight-barrel ready service launcher or in the ASROC storage magazine on the 01 level, Port side for Gearing class cans.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /850asr.html (464 words)

	ASROC
		Description: ASROC is a three stage, solid fuel rocket comprised of a rocket motor (MK 12), airframe assembly and a torpedo or depth bomb payload.
		In April of 1956, N.O.T.S. received approval from the Bureau of Ordnance to initiate the development of ASROC and was assigned the role of Technical Director of the weapons system as well design agent of the missile including the adaptation kit, (depth charge less warhead) for the nuclear payload.
		The ASROC system was phased out of the U.S. Navy in the 1990s in favor of the MK 41 Vertical Launch System and the Vertical ASROC missile.
	www.gyrodynehelicopters.com /asroc.htm (1068 words)

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		Asroc is useful but a ship can only have so many aboard at a time.
		The current torpedoes have a 100+lb explosive warhead in the form of a shaped charge, and in some situations it is considered small even though it is designed to explode on contact with a sub.
		The ASROC has the advantage of being able to be fired in sea state 9 when the choppers are grounded, or if a sub appears where the chopper is and you need a quick shoot.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/8-6177.aspx (825 words)

	USS Badger 1071"dot org"- ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket)
		ASROC is a three stage, solid fuel rocket comprised of a rocket motor (MK 12), airframe assembly and a torpedo or depth bomb payload.
		In April of 1956, N.O.T.S. received approval from the Bureau of Ordnance to initiate the development of ASROC and was assigned the role of Technical Director of the weapons system as well design agent of the missile including the adaptation kit, (depth charge less warhead) for the nuclear payload.
		In 1962 a full scale service test of ASROC with the new MK 17 Depth Charge was successfully conducted and in 1963 the MK 114 Fire Control System, a follow on development to replace the MK 111 Fire Control Group was completed and accepted for service use.
	ussbadger-1071.org /menus/weapons/asroc/asroc.htm (844 words)

	ASROC Information
		ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an antisubmarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers.
		The first ASROC system (RUR-5), using the MK-112 "Matchbox" launcher, was developed in the 1950s and installed in the 1960s.
		VLA missiles were introduced into the fleet in 1993 as a baseline weapon for the cruisers and destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat system and as a replacement for the ASROC weapon on Spruance-class destroyers when the original ASROC launchers were replaced by the MK 41 VLS.
	www.bookrags.com /ASROC (474 words)

	VL-Asroc
		In the early 1980s, the U.S. Navy sought to replace the surface-launched RUR-5 ASROC and the submarine-launched UUM-44 Subroc with a single new missile, the planned RUM/UUM-125 Sea Lance ASW-SOW (Anti-Submarine Warfare Stand-Off Weapon).
		The RUM-139A is an RUR-5 ASROC rocket with a completely new solid-rocket booster section, for launch from the MK 41 VLS of modern U.S. Navy surface combat ships.
		In addition to the ASROC's inertial guidance system, the VL-Asroc uses a digital autopilot, which controls the flight path using the thrust-vector control of the MK 114 MOD 0 solid-rocket booster.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/vlasroc.htm (659 words)

	ASROC Alternative Payment Processing Conference to be held December 1-2, 2005 in Costa Rica
		ASROC is an e-commerce conference which focuses on alternative payment processing systems for internet related transactions.
		The goal of the ASROC conference is to create relationships that integrate traditional financial institutions and retail merchants with alternative payment systems.
		ASROC, L.L.C. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, particularly as related to the business plans of the company, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by these sections.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/10/emw296762.htm (384 words)

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		The RUM-139 VL-Asroc is a rocket in the ASROC family, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy.
		Development of the weapon began in 1983 when Goodyear was commissioned by the U.S. Navy to develop a ship-launched anti-submarine missile compatible with the MK 41 Vertical Launch System.
		It carries a lightweight MK 46 MOD 5A homing torpedo which is dropped from the rocket at a precalculated point on its trajectory, parachuting to the water surface.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=RUM-139_VL-Asroc (181 words)

	Equipment Matchups: Anti-Submarine Weaponry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Payload for the ASROC is typically the Mk-44 or Mk-46 torpedo.
		Launched from the Mk-16 octuple launcher, the ASROC will propel its weapon to a predetermined target, release the weapon, and a parachute deploys to slow the weapon before entering the water.
		Many older Yang class destroyers, as well as all Chi Yang class frigates are equipped with the ASROC launcher and rocket.
	www.emeraldesigns.com /matchup/asw.htm (281 words)

	Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ASROC had a 10,000-yard range, about the same as the new SQS-23 sonar.
		The MK 112 box-like, eight-barrel launcher was the visible part of the group that, to everyone, was commonly known as the "ASROC." It served as a ready service magazine for eight ASROC missiles and positioned them for firing.
		The ASROC missile was a solid-fuel, rocket-propelled, ballistic missile, which could be assembled with a payload of either an antisubmarine acoustic-homing torpedo or a nuclear depth charge.
	www.destroyers.org /Ord-Articles/ASROC.htm (888 words)

	Welcome to the Republic of Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He said through ASROC the Ministry liberalised the issuing of performance bonds and bids Bonds instead of allowing the state insurance company to exercise monopoly over the bonds.
		Ms Maud Griffin, Executive Secretary of ASROC said the association was in collaboration with InWent, a German construction firm were conducting a search for Ghanaian contractors to form partnership with German contractors.
		She said InWent had asked a percentage of serious female contractors as partners and "not those operating from their handbags", and that very soon applications will be sought from Managing Directors and young engineers to travel to Germany for training and to meet prospective partners.
	www.ghana.gov.gh /studying/article.php?id=0000011270 (399 words)

	The Other Frigate Bird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The surface-launched Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) became operational in 1961 in two variants – one carrying a parachute-retarded Mk 44 torpedo and the other a low-yield W-44 nuclear depth charge.
		ASROC’s solid-fuel motor could loft either payload to a maximum range of approximately 10,000 yards.
		The resulting data was used to formulate tactical doctrine for ASROC and to refine the Navy’s understanding of underwater weapon effects on both platforms and sensors.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_24/frigate_bird2.htm (1682 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: USS Barry (DD 933)
		The ASW-modernized ships traded one of the 5" guns for an ASROC launcher, received a towed variable-depth sonar, and underwent general modernization.
		Although for a while it was rumored Barry might be disposed of and replaced by a newer ship, the latest unofficial information indicates she will be repaired and will remain as a museum at the Washington Navy Yard.
		View from aft, along the starboard side, past the 5" gun and ASROC towards the masts.
	www.hazegray.org /features/barry (719 words)

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		ASROC was an integrated, surface-to-underwater nuclear weapon system designed primarily for use against fast-attack enemy submarines.
		As soon as the submarine was located, the specialists would determine whether to use a nuclear-tipped torpedo or a nuclear depth charge with the ASROC.
		In peacetime, the ships carrying the ASROCs provided extensive training using simulators, which gave the trainees a realistic feeling on how to respond when sonar detects an enemy submarine.
	www.nv.doe.gov /library/films/fulltext/0800044.htm (145 words)

	ASROC - Definition, explanation
		A surface ship first detects an enemy submarine by using sonar, then fires an ASROC missile, which has a torpedo or depth charge on the tip, toward the target.
		(Alternatively, if the missile is instead equipped with a depth charge, it merely sinks to a predetermined depth and then explodes.) An ASROC missile can carry either a nuclear or conventional explosive, although the nuclear depth charges were phased out by the 1990s.
		The first ASROC system, using the MK-112 "Matchbox" launcher, was developed in the 1950s and installed in the 1960s.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/as/asroc.php (540 words)

	All Wood Wings: DD-710 Gearing Class Destroyers, DD-710 USS Gearing - quality ship models crafted from wood
		ASROC was an ASW (anti-submarine warfare) system for a 1-5 mile range that launched a solid-fuel rocket which carried a torpedo or depth-bomb payload.
		While both ASROC and DASH delivered the same weapon (MK-44 Torpedo) DASH was special in that it could be re-called if the target turned out to be friendly.
		Occurring in the late-1950s to mid-1960s, the rebuilding of the ships was not only different per class of ships, but the installation (known as FRAM 1) or just a modernization of the ship (known as FRAM 2) could be different within a specific class as well.
	www.allwoodwings.com /Ships/Military/Destroyers/DD-710,GearingClass.htm (1137 words)

	USA ASROC RUR-5A and VLA
		The Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) was designed as a standoff ASW for surface ships.
		The Vertical Launched ASROC (VLA) version is an ASROC modified to be fired from the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS).
		All ASROCs were to be upgraded to the RUM 139B standard by the end of Fiscal Year 2001.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WMUS_ASROC.htm (225 words)

	USS KING DLG-10 [DDG-41]
		We had all kinds of problems that day, the sonar kept breaking down, the sonar conditions were poor, we could not hold contact on the sub except at close range.
		ASROC required a minimum range of 1000 yds, so when we would open up to a 1000 yds, we would lose contact.
		We had announced to the Valador that we had a torpedo (BLOOD HOUND) in the water and a few minutes later the sub reported that he had heard nothing of our torpedo.
	www.uss-king.com /oddities.shtml (618 words)

	RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) / RUR-5 ASROC VLA
		The RUR-5 Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) is a ballistic missile designed to deliver the Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedo to a water entry point.
		The ASROC weapons were relatively small devices designed to fit inside the distinctive eight-cell box launcher found on almost all cruisers and destroyers of that era.
		The RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) is intended to provide vertical launch-capable surface combatants (without ASROC rail launchers) with an all-weather, quick reaction, standoff antisubmarine weapon capability.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/missile/vla.htm (819 words)

	Destroyer Photo Index DD-717 USS THEODORE E. CHANDLER
		As above, saltwater washdown of the portside torpedo deck, where the old mount 52 used to be prior to conversion.
		As above, starboard Mk 32 torpedo tube, USS John R. Craig (DD-885), mount 51 seen to left side of picture, overhead is the support structure for the bridge wings.
		We had ASROC's on the loading trays half in the launcher and half out.
	www.navsource.org /archives/05/717.htm (802 words)

	Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. Announces ASROC (Alternate Solutions For Reliable Online Commerce) Conference: January 7, ...
		New York, NY/EWORLDWIRE/October 23, 2002 --- Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces the ASROC conference on January 7, 2003 at the Hotel Real-Intercontinental in Costa Rica.
		The ASROC conference will focus on Alternative Payment Processing Systems for internet related transactions.
		The ASROC conference is designed to discuss reliable forms of online commerce.
	www.eworldwire.com /wr/102302/ticonderogaventures.htm (178 words)

	Destroyer Kennedy at Battleship Cove.
		The Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) was a ballistic missile designed to deliver the Mk 46 torpedo.
		For short range attack, the Mk 46 torpedo was placed in two trainable MK 32 launchers.
		ASROC: Kennedy's ASROC launcher transformed her into a lethal sub-hunting machine.
	www.battleshipcove.com /dd850-armament.htm (430 words)

	Piczookery - ASROC: Murdoc Online
		This is a shot of the old, out of service Mk112 ASROC launcher, commonly known as the "Matchbox" because many of them were built by Diamond Match Company.
		An RGM-84 Harpoon missile is launched from an ASROC launcher aboard the Knox class frigate USS BADGER (FF-1071).
		My own ship, the ex-USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) being the final hull of the class fitted with the MK-26 system prior to future hulls constructed with the MK-41 VLS system.
	www.murdoconline.net /archives/004451.html (358 words)

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