Many Gearings had quintuple torpedo tubes removed to make room for more 40 mm guns. Fewer Japanese warships remained as targets for destroyer torpedoes. Kamikaze aircraft were becoming a more pressing danger. The hull had enough space and capacity to accommodate a change in armament as the threat changed.
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Gearing torpedo tubes gave way to more antiaircraft guns
The diminishing Japanese surface fleet and growing kamikaze threat changed the value of torpedoes and light antiaircraft weapons.