This is in relation to the comments made by Leg on ammuntion levels for the US ships in the Persian Gulf - if anyone has torpedoes and Harpoons and other ammo to spare its probably those ships.
The major fighting against the Soviets occurred in the Atlantic and the Pacific, not the IO or the Persian Gulf. Thus if there is anywhere where the USN would have Harpoons and torpedoes and other ammo still in relative abundance it would be the ships in the Persian Gulf and also off of Kenya (as per Frank Frey's notes on his unpublished Kenya module there is another task force there as well)
Obviously those ships werent sent there without some kind of ammo and repair ships - and you dont use Harpoons against land targets. Plus there had to be a CV or CVN in the area for the F-14D's to find their way there - and a CV or CVN means an SSN once was there. So the chance of finding reload torps for her in an ammo ship docked in Mombasa or Saudi Arabia is pretty high.
Now I am not saying she gets a full load out - but a few Harpoons and a half dozen more torpedoes - easily. And I highly doubt canon will be thrown completely out of whack if the Corpus Christi gets re-armed - she is still only one sub.
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