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 1890.

Ship classes that carried 18-inch torpedoes include:

• Aylwin-class destroyers
• B-class through some R-class submarines
• 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

See also

• American 21-inch torpedo

External links

• Torpedo history, part 2, Naval History & Heritage Command
• Navweaps links: US Torpedoes main page, Pre-World War II, Post-World War II