Torpedoes on WWII-era cruisers

For Frank Fox, the loss of the Mikuma at the Battle of Midway emphasized the need to remove above-water torpedo tubes from major cruisers. He might say "all cruisers", but I am not sure. The US Navy had reached that conclusion after the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898, when the Spanish belted cruisers suffered from hits on torpedoes in the above-water tubes. The US Navy had decided that above water torpedo tubes were acceptable in light cruisers. For some reason, they originally included the first 8in-gunned cruisers in that category and gave them torpedo tubes. They were removed, and no new large cruisers included them. Only smaller light cruisers retained torpedo tubes. The opposing argument was that the Japanese heavy cruisers inflicted enough damage with their Long Lance torpedoes that the risk was worthwhile.