Editing RUR-5 ASROC (section)

==Specific installations==

One of the first ASROC installations was on {{USS|Norfolk|DL-1}} in 1960. The first large group of ships to receive ASROC were 78 {{sclass|Gearing|destroyer|2}}s, modified under the [[Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization]] Mark I program (FRAM I) in the early 1960s. A Mark 112 8-tube ASROC launcher was added along with other major modifications. ASROC reloads were stowed alongside the helicopter hangar and handled by a small crane.<ref name=Fried280-287/><ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/helpers/fram.htm Special Feature – FRAM at NavSource.org]</ref>

The 31 [[U.S. Navy]] {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|2}}s were all built with the Mark 16 Mod 7 ASROC Launching Group and MK 4 ASROC Weapons Handling System (AWHS) reload system. These had one standard Mark 112 octuple ASROC launcher, located immediately above a reload system holding an additional 16 assembled rounds (two complete reloads of eight missiles apiece). Thus, each ''Spruance''-class destroyer originally carried a maximum total of 24 ASROC.<ref>Friedman 2004, p. 482</ref>

Most other US Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC "matchbox" MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles (although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the [[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] anti-ship missile). The "matchbox" Mk 112 launchers were capable of carrying a mixture of the two types. Reloads were carried in many classes, either on first level of the superstructure immediately abaft the launcher, or in a separate deckhouse just forward or abaft the Mk 112.

The MK 16 Launching Group also had configurations that supported RGM-84 Harpoon (onboard {{sclass|Knox|frigate|0}} destroyer escorts (frigates)) or a variation of the Tartar missile in limited distribution.

Ships with the [[Mark 26 missile launcher|Mk 26 GMLS]], and late marks of the [[List of United States Navy Guided Missile Launching Systems|Mk 10 GMLS]] aboard the {{sclass|Belknap|cruiser|2}}s, could accommodate ASROC in these power-loaded launchers (the Mk 13 GMLS was not able to fire the weapon, as the launcher rail was too short).

Most ''Spruance''-class destroyers were later modified to include the [[Mark 41 Vertical Launch System|Mk 41 VLS]], these launchers are capable of carrying a mixture of the [[RUM-139 VL-ASROC]], the Tomahawk TLAM, and other missiles. All of the ''Spruance'' destroyers carried two separate quad Harpoon launchers. Other US ships with the Mk 41 can also accommodate VL-ASROC.