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To: M1903A1

In addition, a destroyer rated one torpedo, a cruiser two, and no more than three for a battleship or carrier.


8 posted on 06/04/2012 10:34:01 AM PDT by Ingtar ("As the light begins to fade in the city on the hill")
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To: Ingtar

That part I remember. And given the quality of Japanese torpedoes (especially the Type 93 “Long Lance” design mounted on destroyers and cruisers) and the documented successes they had in action, I doubt more would have been necessary!


9 posted on 06/04/2012 2:29:32 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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