U.S. NAVY AUTOMATED MARK 48 TORPEDO CARRIER LOS ANGELES 688 CLASS SUBMARINES XD45424

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1970s color film (probably 1978), produced by the field photographic unit of the U.S. Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) in Newport, Rhode Island, focuses on containerized, automated torpedo carrying systems designed for Los Angeles-class “688” submarines (TRT 8:55). Opening titles. A seal: “Department of the Navy Underwater Systems Center” and “the Naval Underwater Systems Center Presents Motion Picture Report No. 185” (0:07). A fleet of distant naval craft. A zoom in reveals a US navy aircraft carrier. A Los Angeles-class, 688 series nuclear-powered fast attack submarine boat (SSN) (0:23). A bird’s eye view of the NUWC in Newport, Rhode Island circa the 1970s. Inside a “launcher laboratory,” engineers stand on opposite ends of an automated weapons carrier for Mark 48 torpedo and SUBROC weapons systems (0:58). The SSN 688 reappears, surfacing in the ocean