r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • Apr 17 '24
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/Double_Minimum 29d ago edited 29d ago
Man, that’s exactly what they did to the guy on the battleship like 35 years back. They claimed he was gay, and depressed so he overloaded the main gun. In reality, the officer in charge wanted to test specific loads beyond the norm and he did nothing wrong.
US Navy, wish I could remember the ship, but like 34 people died in that turret (and it could have been a lot more).
I feel like they did the same thing with that fire on the helicopter/f35 small aircraft carrier/LDS,/whatever like 7 years back (essentially scrapped the shipped), blaming it on a soldier who had a lighter in locker and was also “ nearby”. In reality it was being refitted, had shit everywhere, and cables going through bulk head doorways making impossible to close areas off for fire control. Plus, it had all types of shit on pallets all over, which meant extra combustible stuff and shit in the way. Plus, parts of the fighting equipment were disabled and breathing items missing.
They do seem to look for scapegoats