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

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 01:12

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

Here’s another one:

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

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.