![My* vote for the unluckiest ship in the USN: USS William D. Porter DD-579[800 x 615] : r/WarshipPorn My* vote for the unluckiest ship in the USN: USS William D. Porter DD-579[800 x 615] : r/WarshipPorn](https://i.redd.it/yq9r8bxi2he01.jpg)
My* vote for the unluckiest ship in the USN: USS William D. Porter DD-579[800 x 615] : r/WarshipPorn
U.S. Naval Institute - #OTD in 1943, the destroyer USS William D. Porter accidentally launched a live torpedo at the USS Iowa which was carrying President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference.
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