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How did the US Navy intend to use torpedoes on battleships?

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At the time when battleships were still designed with submerged torpedo tubes, battles were largely fought at close ranges compared to later conflicts. read more

As such, I’d expect them to have been installed ‘just in case’ the battleships ever got close enough to use the torpedoes, which wasn’t unlikely considering the ranges at which pre-dreadnoughts fought in that time period. read more

The rationale for including torpedos on early dreadnoughts was that sea battles would be fought in the traditional line-of-battle formation, with two parallel lines of battleships throwing shells at each other, at an effective range that was similar to the maximum range of torpedos. read more

Except for Kearsarge, named by an act of Congress, all U.S. Navy battleships have been named for states, and each of the 48 contiguous states has had at least one battleship named for it except Montana; two battleships were authorized to be named Montana but both were cancelled before construction started. read more

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