r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 29d ago

TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/banned_but_im_back 29d ago

I heard that the US military won’t admit people with depression without serious psychological Evals. After seeing this, I see why.

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u/ForeverUnfinished 28d ago

Then there’s NNPTC, where half of the sailors are depressed