Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "HSwMS Gotland - Guide 316" video.

  1. Glad to hear no one got hurt. The USS Saratoga was participating in NATO exercises with a Turkish Destroyer sailing along side her when, through a misunderstanding of the terms used - and that it was supposed to only be simulated ... the Sea Sparrow Launcher was fired on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)#The_TCG_Muavenet_incident So ... things could have been worse ... The USS William D. Porter accidentally fired a torpedo at the USS Iowa while it was carrying President Roosevelt aboard ... https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2022/10/12/that-one-time-the-us-navy-torpedoed-fdr/ Fortunately, this being an American WWII Torpedo - it detonated on it's own before it hit the ship the President was on. .
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  2. Thanks. It's interesting to see what these small navies did with their small budgets. And here - one of their ships played a part in a major event. Things could have gone much differently if the British had not known Bismarck was coming out. .
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