Of course it was those f**king planes, Kitakami. After all, American planes were infamous for working some wizardry to mind control Long Lances and turn them over to their side so that they'll explode on board and launch their launchers into the sky.
It's not like the USN didn't go torpedo happy with their own destroyers, who on average, had more torp tubes than their IJN counterparts did. Hell, the Gridely/Bagely class would go down in history as the DDs that would carry the most torpedo weaponry, with a 4x4 load out.
Shimakaze's only real service other than being an escort bitch involves the Kiska Island evacuation, where I'm sure her speed was much appreciated, the Battle off Samar, where she didn't do anything due to being stuck at the back of the fleet (wait, what?), and the battle of Ormoc Bay where she was sunk.
Kitakami has caused more threats to her own team than the opposing team in WOWS.
No different on a table top. A friend of mine had two French battlecruisers dead to rights with a broadside of Long Lance torpedoes, except for a crippled Hibiki that was moving at 3 knots between Kitakami and the targets. The player running Hibiki didn't let my friend know how slow she was. Hibiki took most of the torpedoes from Kitakami and vaporized.
You are awesome! You got so many torpedoes (5x3=15 shots), I bet you sunk a lot of US ships!4x10=40 shotsShimakazeKitakamiHarukazeFubukiWell....YukikazeKamikazeUmbrella...?Forget it, I'm getting too old for this.I blame planes!
