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Pensacola's original torpedoes and a corrected recollection

A question about early American heavy cruisers produces a correction concerning Pensacola and Salt Lake City.

Question

Did Pensacola and Northampton originally carry torpedoes that were later removed?

Short answer

The exchange corrects its initial denial and accepts that Pensacola and Salt Lake City carried six 21-inch torpedoes before removal; Northampton remains a separate point.

Notes

An initial recollection denies that the Pensacola-class ships actually carried torpedoes. A participant then gives six 21-inch torpedoes for Pensacola and adds Salt Lake City. The exchange accepts that both carried torpedoes before their removal. Northampton is discussed separately, so the correction to the Pensacola claim should not be extended automatically to that class.