There have been a number of 21-inch torpedoes in service with the United States. These have been used on ships and submarines of the
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...
. American 21-inch
torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, su ...
es are in diameter.
Ship classes that carried 21-inch torpedoes include:
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''Allen M. Sumner''-class destroyers
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''Atlanta''-class cruisers
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''Bagley''-class destroyers
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''Balao''-class submarines
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''Barbel''-class submarines
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''Barracuda''-class submarines
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''Benham''-class destroyers
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''Benjamin Franklin''-class submarines
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''Benson''-class destroyers
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''Cachalot''-class submarines
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''Caldwell''-class destroyers
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''Cassin''-class destroyers
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''Chester''-class cruisers
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''Clemson''-class destroyers
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''Colorado''-class battleships
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''Connecticut''-class battleships
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''Dealey''-class destroyer escorts
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''Ethan Allen''-class submarines
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''Farragut''-class destroyers
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''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyers
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''Fletcher''-class destroyers
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''Gato''-class submarines
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''Gearing''-class destroyers
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''George Washington''-class submarines
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''Gleaves''-class destroyers
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''Glenard P. Lipscomb''-class submarine
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''Grayback''-class submarines
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''Gridley''-class destroyers
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''Halibut''-class submarine
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''James Madison''-class submarines
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''John C. Butler''-class destroyer escorts
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''Lafayette''-class submarines
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''Lexington''-class battlecruisers - canceled
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''Los Angeles''-class submarines
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''Mahan''-class destroyers
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''Mitscher''-class destroyer leaders
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''Narwhal''-class submarine
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''Nautilus''-class submarine
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''Norfolk''-class destroyer leader
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''O'Brien''-class destroyers
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''Ohio''-class submarines
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''Omaha''-class cruisers
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''Permit''-class submarines
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''Porter''-class destroyers
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PT boat
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the wa ...
s
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R-class submarines
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''Rudderow''-class destroyer escorts
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S-class submarines
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''Sailfish''-class submarines
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''Sampson''-class destroyers
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''Sargo''-class submarines
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''Seawolf''-class submarine (1957)
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''Seawolf''-class submarines (1997)
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''Sims''-class destroyers
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''Skate''-class submarines
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''Skipjack''-class submarines
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''Somers''-class destroyers
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''South Dakota''-class battleships - canceled
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''Sturgeon''-class submarines
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''T-1''-class submarines
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''Tambor''-class submarines
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''Tang''-class submarines
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''Tench''-class submarines
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''Tennessee''-class cruisers
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''Tucker''-class destroyers
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''Tullibee''-class submarine
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V-boat
The V-boats were a group of nine United States Navy submarines built between World War I and World War II from 1921 to 1934 under authorization as the "fleet boat" program.
The term "V-boats" as used includes five separate classes of submarines ...
submarines
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''Virginia''-class battleships
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''Virginia''-class submarines
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''Wickes''-class destroyers
See also
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American 18-inch torpedo There have been a number of 18-inch torpedoes in service with the United States. These have been used on ships and submarines of the US Navy. American "18-inch" torpedoes were actually in diameter, beginning with the "Fiume" Whitehead torpedo of ...
External links
Torpedo history, part 2, Naval History & Heritage Command*Navweaps links
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