Brooke-class frigate
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The Brooke class was a United States Navy frigate class based on the design of the Garcia class, but with the addition of the Tartar Guided Missile System. The first unit was commissioned in 1966 and the final sixth unit was decommissioned in 1989.
USS Brooke (FFG-1)
Talbot with angled bridge structure for automated ASROC loading.
Ramsey's SPS-52, black panel at center and AN/SPG-51, dish at right.
Schofield underway near San Diego, CA
Mark 13 missile launcher
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The Mark 13 guided missile launching system (GMLS) is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on frigates and other military vessels. Because of its distinctive single-armed design, the Mark 13 is often referred to as the "one-armed bandit".
A RIM-66 Standard missile mounted on the Mark 13 missile launcher aboard the French Navy frigate Cassard
A Standard MR missile being fired from the Mark 13 launcher of Spanish frigate Canarias
A Harpoon Missile on the rail of a Mark 13 aboard USS Goldsborough
Training round (GMTR) loaded for testing aboard HMAS Adelaide