Home›Naval Vessels And Torpedoes›Weapon Class›Warship / Naval VesselBrowse ByWarship / Naval VesselFactsWarship / Naval VesselSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1866 1Warship / Naval VesselFilter Results17 entriesWeapon FamilyAllAircraft Carriers (8)Battleships and Ironclads (6)Cruisers and Destroyers (2)Introduced EraAll1906 (1)1918 (1)1933 (1)1939 (1)1940 (2)1941 (2)1942 (2)1943 (1)1955 (1)1975 (1)2001 (1)2012 (1)2017 (2)ManufacturerAllNewport News Shipbuilding (2)OperatorAllFrench Armed Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Navy (1)People's Liberation Army Navy (1)Royal Navy (1)United States Navy (7)Wehrmacht (3)CaliberAll127mm (1)20mm (1)280mm (2)30mm (1)356mm (1)380mm (2)406mm (1)460mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (6)Retired (10)Country of OriginAllFrance (1)German Reich (1)Japan (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (6)Wars Used InAllGulf War (2)Korean War (1)Spanish Civil War (1)Vietnam War (2)World War I (1)World War II (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselBismarck-Class BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselCharles de Gaulle Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselChinese aircraft carrier LiaoningWarship / Naval VesselDeutschland-Class CruiserWarship / Naval VesselDreadnought BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselEssex-Class Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselFletcher-Class DestroyerWarship / Naval VesselForrestal-Class Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselGerald R. Ford-Class Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselIowa-Class BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselKing George V-Class BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselNimitz-Class Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselQueen Elizabeth-Class Aircraft CarrierWarship / Naval VesselScharnhorst-Class BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselTirpitzWarship / Naval VesselYamato-Class BattleshipWarship / Naval VesselSources1. Wikipedia: Torpedotier 2WikipediaTorpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionQuote, Torpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionIn 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo, the first modern torpedo.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.