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Were there any friendly fire incidents involving American submarines, aircraft carriers, or battleships during World War II or World War I?

08.06.2025 02:21

Were there any friendly fire incidents involving American submarines, aircraft carriers, or battleships during World War II or World War I?

USS Tang pictured above, was an ace US submarine… until she literally sank herself with a circular running torpedo.

USS Pompano was mistakenly bombed by aircraft from USS Enterprise but managed to escape.

Here’s another one:

Most people obey arbitrary rules even when it's not in their interest to do so, experiments show - Phys.org

Oh yeah. These kinds of incidents are quite common even in modern war, let alone back then.