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Originally Posted by TorpX
Not as much as you think. A significant chunk of the Navy's torps were lost in the Philippines early on, and it took some time to increase production. [I'm talking about the Mk. 14's, I don't know how many Mk. 10's we had.]
Haven't you read about the much disliked mine laying missions, and the poor endorsements skippers got when they used more than two torpedoes on a ship?
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We still had plenty of Mark 10's lying around. Plus with the troubles the Mark 14 had it was no big loss really. Now if the improved Mark 14's were being used at the start of the war then it becomes a huge loss.