Talk:Zara/@comment-26375216-20160210191609/@comment-27396171-20160212050933

I agree that torpedoes on heavy cruisers were a bad idea in general, but to be fair to Atago and Takao: South Dakota was at no point stationary during Guadalcanal 1.

Mikuma at Midway was another oxygen torpedo self-fatality. Mogami would have joined her if her damage control officer hadn't had the presence of mind to dump them into the water before the air attack. They clearly knew they were playing with fire.