ps: This chapter is very watery.,I just saw it when I checked the information.,Thinking it's a free chapter.,I'll write it out to let everyone see that the rice potato also has such two armies.,Write it just for Bojun to laugh.。

Following the team in front, everyone came to the upper floor, where the captain's room was more luxuriously decorated. There are several couches in the lounge, a single queen bed in the bedroom, which is the only big bed in the entire warship, a huge sheet printed with the BB61 emblem on the bed, and the bathroom actually has a bathtub.

The battleship Iowa was the only warship in the entire Navy with a bathtub installed. This bathtub was not for the captain, but for US President Roosevelt.

In 1943, when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt went to the Cairo Conference, he flew in Iowa. Everyone knew that Roosevelt had a leg problem and could not use the shower, so the Navy installed this bathtub for him to use.

Speaking of this transportation voyage, we have to talk about one of the best warships in the US Navy. "Fletcher"-class destroyer "William D. Porter", DD-579.

There are several superb warships in the navy of every country, such as the three auspicious "Snow Wind", "Nofen", and "Time Rain" of Little Japan. For example, Australia's aircraft carrier "Melbourne". For example, the German "Prince Eugen".

Needless to say, the three ships of small Japan are drilled and sucked into the character of friendly ships, super broom, star snow, wind and rain, and the wild branch is known as the king of mending guns, specializing in sinking seriously injured friendly ships, according to incomplete statistics, including at least two aircraft carriers and three cruisers, all planted in his hands, but unfortunately these are his own family.

Australia's Melbourne aircraft carrier, which is famous, has collided with passenger ferries, ferries, and freighter destroyers, which can be called bumper cars at sea, and even broke two destroyers one after another, known as the king of a generation of beheadings.

This Melbourne also has something to do with China. Australia really couldn't stand the decapitation of King Melbourne, so after dismantling sensitive equipment in 1985, the Melbourne was sold to the China United Shipbreaking Company, where it was dismantled after technical collection at the Whampoa Shipyard.

As for the German Prinz Eugen, it is a small powerhouse. Let's not talk about living through World War II, let's just say that after World War II, it has experienced two nuclear explosion experiments by the United States, an air explosion, an underwater explosion, and many other experimental ships have been sunk.

There is also such a superb warship in the US Navy, and he is the destroyer "Porter". He is best known for "torpedoes fired at Roosevelt" and "Shelling Command".

Construction began on the USS Porter in May 1942, was completed and launched in September, and was officially commissioned in July '43 as part of the Atlantic Fleet. Less than four months into service, the Potter was ordered to take part in President Roosevelt's escort operations.

The brand-new Porter inside and outside made a mess of things when they were on their way to the Chesapeake Bay from their home port of Norfolk Naval Base when the anchor tripped over a nearby warship. Under the vigorous pulling, the heavy iron anchor finally broke through the water, but the guardrails, life rafts and other bits and bits of the "neighbor" were torn by it.

Later, after meeting with other warships, the formation passed through a dangerous sea area frequented by German submarines, when suddenly a huge explosion was heard from underwater. The formation was immediately busy with people on their backs: planes lifted into the air, sonar entered the water, depth charges were pushed onto launchers, and all warships carried out anti-submarine maneuvers. After a period of tossing, the Porter signaled that there was no submarine and that the explosion was caused by a depth charge on her ship accidentally falling into the water.

On 14 November, the formation approached the waters of Bermuda. The captain of the battleship "Iowa" decided to let the president and senior officials relieve their boredom here and demonstrate how his battleship could defend itself against enemy air attacks. Several huge weather balloons were released into the air. All the naval guns on the "Iowa" that could shoot at the air were aimed at them and bombarded them. President Roosevelt watched with gustofire from the deck.

Five kilometers away, Captain Walter of the USS Porter and his sailors were also itching, and they also wanted to squeeze in to have fun, but they had no choice but to keep watch on the periphery. God may have seen through the Potter's thoughts, and specially let a few balloons leak out of the fire net made of "Iowa" and slowly float into the range of the Porter.

The captain was overjoyed and immediately ordered the sailors to take their positions, shoot at the balloon, and at the same time conduct torpedo firing training.

On the gun emplacements on the deck, the sailors concentrated on bombarding the floating balloons. In the torpedo compartment below deck, two sailors began to carry out torpedo firing operations. As usual, they first had to find a target for the torpedo. The "Iowa" is of course preferred because it is large and distinct.

Then, they had to take out the propelling powder from the torpedo tubes, because this was just training and there was no need to launch the torpedo. Everything is ready to go.

The training firing of the first two torpedoes was normal, but

"Torpedo three, launch!"

The reply received by the command was not the standard "fire completed", but the exaggerated "woo ......" sound of two sailors! I saw a torpedo run into the water and go straight to the "Iowa"!

Theoretically, it would take only two minutes at most for that torpedo to get to the "Iowa", and the captain ordered the "Iowa" to be immediately warned.

Due to the strict prohibition of the use of radios in the formation, warning signals could only be given by lights. Who knew that there was a mistake in the busyness, and the newly recruited signal soldier panicked and sent the signal incorrectly to "There is a torpedo in the water, and it is moving away from you!" "Send it again, but it's "'Willy' left at full speed!" ”

The captain had no choice but to let go and radio the "Iowa"!

At the same time as receiving the radio warning, the lookout post on the Iowa ship also spotted the "big fish" in the water!

"There are torpedoes on the starboard side! Not a drill! Not a drill! There is a torpedo on the starboard side! ”

There was a lot of chaos in Iowa. The reacting captain ordered a sharp turn to the right and accelerated disengagement! The sirens on the ship cried wolf, and the sailors rushed to their rescue positions; At the same time, the ship's long guns and short guns began to rain bullets on the torpedoes desperately! President Roosevelt's personal guards clung to the president's wheelchair, their eyes fixed on the increasingly clear torpedo.

The bitter-faced captain and sailors of the USS Porter looked at their bosses from afar, wanting to cry without tears. But thankfully, the fat body of the "Iowa" made a perfect turn and passed by the torpedo. With a "boom", the torpedo exploded in the track of "Iowa" and exploded a column of skyrocketing water!

Even President Roosevelt wrote in his diary about the incident: "On Monday, during a shooting exercise, the USS Porter fired a torpedo at us by mistake, and we all saw it, but fortunately we didn't hit. ”

Captain Walter and his sailors finally breathed a sigh of relief. But for them, the matter is far from over. The USS Porter was ordered to break away from the formation and go to a US naval base in the Bermuda area for investigation. There, heavily armed Marines "welcomed" the crew of the USS Porter ashore and arrested them all. This is the first time in the history of the U.S. Navy.

Large-scale investigations and interrogations followed. The captain insisted that it was just an accident, an operational accident. But many believe that this was a deliberate murder by saboteurs intended to disrupt an important meeting of the Allies.

The interrogation and argument lasted several days. Torpedo man Dussen finally couldn't resist telling the truth. It turned out that during the exercise, he forgot to abide by the operating rules and forgot the firing fire cap in the No. 3 fish **. After the torpedo was fired, he took advantage of the chaos to throw his fire cap into the sea for fear of being tracked down

The deep-seated reason for the series of accidents on the Porter was the serious inexperience of all the crew and officers of the Porter. Of the 17 officers, only four had previous experience at sea, and the youngest was only 17 years old at the time. It can be seen that the United States was not fully prepared for war at that time.

The 22-year-old was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years of hard labor. President Roosevelt was deeply disturbed by this. He ordered the Admiralty not to punish Duson.

The USS Porter became famous in this way. All ships that encounter it will make a joke with it: "Don't fire, don't fire!" I'm not the president! ”

The unfortunate Potter had to go to a place where no one was paying attention to defend the island.

The sailors on the ship worked hard to save their reputation. But it backfired, and in the calm task of guarding the island, it still poked out Lou Zi.

One day, a sailor returned to the ship drunk, and he had to fire a shell from the ship's gun. Everyone couldn't stop it, and the drunk man actually climbed onto the gun position of the 127-mm naval gun, and knocked the shell out of the barrel with a "bang", and the action was clean and neat. The cannonballs whistled into the distance and disappeared.

The next day, the commander of the island's defenders came to the door in a rage. Only then did the people on the Potter know that the cannonball fired by the drunk man had landed in the courtyard of the commander's house. Coincidentally, the commander, his officers, and their families were gathering in the courtyard. The shells that fell from the sky left them in disgrace, but fortunately no one was injured. The only one who took damage was the Potter, and the Commander of the Bombardment added another laughing stock to it.

Since then, other warships have changed their signals when they encounter this destroyer: Don't fire, we are Republicans.

Fortunately, war is still a time of employment. The Pacific War entered its final phase. The Admiralty was ruthless and transferred the USS Porter from Aleutian to Philippine waters to participate in the final battle against Japan.

In March 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, the Porter served as the most dangerous air defense radar outpost, to put it bluntly, on the outermost part of the fleet to intercept Japanese "kamikaze" suicide fighters. Not to mention, this time, the Porter did well, shooting down 6 Japanese fighters and guiding the fleet to shoot down 7.

However, Doom seems unwilling to give up one last chance to tease the Potter. At 8:15 a.m. on June 10, an old Type 99 carrier-based dive bomber of the Japanese army suddenly rushed out of the clouds and crashed down on the Porter. The anti-aircraft guns of the USS Porter opened heavy fire and accurately hit enemy aircraft.

Unexpectedly, the suicide fighter plane that was hit was full of momentum and crashed into the sea next to the Potter. When everyone thought they had escaped, a huge underwater explosion lifted the Porter out of the sea, and then smashed it down again. The whole ship suddenly caught fire in many places, lost power, and broke the water pipes damaged in battle. After 3 hours of salvage, the captain had to give the order to abandon the ship.

The god of fate still had a little mercy on such an unlucky battleship, and all the crew members were successfully rescued. Just 12 minutes after abandoning the ship, the Porter capsized, quickly silencing the bottom of the sea.

On July 11, the USS Porter was removed from the operational sequence forever by the U.S. Department of the Navy, and has been rarely mentioned since.