Today I learned on Nostr: TIL While traveling to the Tehran Conference in 1943 on the USS Iowa, FDR’s ship ...

TIL While traveling to the Tehran Conference in 1943 on the USS Iowa, FDR’s ship was almost torpedoed by the escorting destroyer USS William D Porter. The incident was caused when one of the destroyer’s crew members failed to remove the primer of the torpedo while doing a training exercise.

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/10/12/that-one-time-…
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