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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?

11.06.2025 09:52

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.

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

Here’s another one:

How can the citizens of Russia accept the enormous difference between people? The richest 500 Russians own more than the poorest 99.8% of the entire Russian population combined. Why don't we see any protests?

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