Were there any friendly fire incidents involving American submarines, aircraft carriers, or battleships during World War II or World War I?
09.06.2025 09:52

Oh yeah. These kinds of incidents are quite common even in modern war, let alone back then.
Here’s another one:
USS Tang pictured above, was an ace US submarine… until she literally sank herself with a circular running torpedo.
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USS Pompano was mistakenly bombed by aircraft from USS Enterprise but managed to escape.