Despite repeated U. S. Navy torpedo attacks very few Japanese ships were
ever hit, much less sunk, during WW II. We lost almost entire squadrons of
torpedo planes trying to hit Japanese 30 knot carriers, cruisers,
destroyers, etc. with a 33 knot torpedo. Conversely the Japanese had their
Long Lance torpedo, a very effective ship killer!

Our Mark XIII torpedo was an unmitigated disaster in WW II, worthy of a
textbook on how NOT to develop and support a wartime weapon system! There
are no antiship torpedo planes in a strike carrier air wing today! Torpedoes
are used in ASW however.

WDA

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"Rob van Riel" wrote in message
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In WWII, aircraft used torpedoes to attack ships. Since the 1980s, various
anti-ship missiles are in use. However, unless I'm seriously mistaken,
torpedoes went out of fashion soon after WWI. What did aircraft use to
attack enemy ships in the meantime? Bombs, rockets and guns? Or was the
torpedo still in use?

Rob