I think we weren’t nearly as complacent about the Long Lance at that point, plus, I am not sure that engagement was as well suited to a torpedo attack by the Japanese as say, the engagement at Savo Island.
At Savo Island, we knew about the Long Lance, but still thought the IJN was inferior in a head to head engagement. We were wrong, and arrogantly wrong. They cleaned our clock, but good.
It took longer for us to learn, but we did.
The first target hit in Southern Japan by the b-29s was the long lance torpedo factory. They USAAF did it as a favor to the Navy.