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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While that’s true, that doesn’t change the fact that deck-mounted torpedos have been around a long while. They aren’t restricted to a particular ship type, nor are we concerned with US ships only. Deck-mounted torpedos have been around since at least the early 1900s and WW1, we mostly remember them from WW2 being launched from PT boats.