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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey
They thought they could attack a sub that would almost certainly be underwater with torpedoes? If they had the technology of today sure but in the 40's?
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I'm not speaking of DD torpedoes versus submarines. The IJN Torpedo school primarily taught the surface fleet cadets how to use torpedoes in battle against other surface warships. All Japanese destroyers, light cruisers and heavy cruisers were pretty liberally supplied with torpedoes. As part that instruction the torpedo school taught traditional ASW techniques as well ( Hydrophones, sonar, depth charges drills etc,)
Not long after hostilities commenced, the Torpedo School relinquished supervision over ASW matters to the Navy Mine School, an institution younger and less prestigious than the gunnery and torpedo schools. ASW instruction seems to have been the red-headed stepchild no one in the IJN wanted.