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American 18-inch torpedo

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in service with the United States. These have been used on ships and submarines of the
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were actually 17.7 inches (45 cm) in diameter, beginning with the "Fiume"
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Torpedo history, part 2, Naval History & Heritage Command
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Ship classes that carried 18-inch torpedoes include:
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Index

US Navy
torpedoes
Whitehead torpedo
Aylwin-class destroyers
B-class
R-class
Bainbridge-class destroyers
Cassin-class destroyers
Cincinnati-class cruisers
Columbia-class cruisers
Illinois-class battleships
Indiana-class battleships
Kearsarge-class battleships
Maine-class battleships
Montgomery-class cruisers
Paulding-class destroyers
Pennsylvania-class cruisers
Plunger-class submarines
Smith-class destroyers
Truxtun-class destroyers
Whitehead torpedo
US
Guncotton
Mark 4 (Bliss-Leavitt)
US
Mark 6 (Bliss-Leavitt)
US
Mark 7 (Bliss-Leavitt (Short)
US
TNT

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