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A Short History of Naval Torpedoes

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.
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USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.