Neat Wikipedia Entry #3
Posted by Shannon
USS Tang (SS-306) was a Second World War era Balao-class submarine. She was launched in 1943 and had a brief but successful career before being sunk by one of her own faulty torpedoes in 1944.
I found this via MetaFilter, which also links to two other subs that met the same fate. Be sure to scroll down to Steven C. Den Beste’s comment, which details the bugs in the Mark XIV torpedo.
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