This is interesting. I have just read something on the internet (I believe it was a letter from CINCPAC to the white house/pentagon) about this matter. It sais that at times there were no torpedoes in Pearl and there was a bitter competition going on between the pac commander and the asian fleet commander, basicaly trying to "steal" eachothers torpedoes from the factories.
Offcourse you would have to make refitting a bit more challenging too.
I agree with your post
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