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The Japanese Torpedo Planes Are Not the Worst of All the Major Powers
The american torpedo in the early part of as probably the worst torpedo of all the major powers. It's dis functional and unreliable, often didn't explode, often ran too deep,. o all kinds of problems. The japanese have by far the best torpedoes in the war. And a couple of empedoes hit the lexington which is one of the largest non nuclear warships ever built. Try nimbly turning that 88 feet long monster. That said, the yorktown has not much escape I guess, and yet she is able to nimbly escape. These things i mean, theyre teaching them what these early battles can teach them.