FREAKISH FATE.
SUNK BY OWN TORPEDO. (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) GUAM, Sept. 5. The United States submarine Tang was a victim of one of the freaks of the Pacific war. She was sunk by her own torpedo, which boomeranged. According to one of the survivors, the Tang was sunk on October 25,1944, between Formosa and China, after sinking six ships on a Japanese convoy, and preparing for more kills. The fatal torpedo was aimed at a ship in the convoy, but made a circular movement and hit the stern of the Tang. There were only nine survivors of a crew of 85.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 280, 6 September 1945, Page 5
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