Some wartime reports describe nominal four-tube ships firing six torpedoes, with time between launches for a reload. Haida's crew told Alex Clarke that tie-down points behind the launchers, alongside the aft superstructure, marked a torpedo store. This visit testimony agrees with unofficial accounts suggesting extra torpedoes were carried in some cases. It does not establish a standard allowance or the load aboard a particular ship on a particular operation.
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Where destroyers could stow spare torpedoes
Tie-down points on Haida give a physical clue to reports of destroyers firing more torpedoes than their tube count suggests.