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 16:16

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

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

Here’s another one:

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