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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?

15.06.2025 00:08

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

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

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

Here’s another one:

After 70 years of the crappiest computers ever made, why does IBM exist?

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