U.S. Naval Institute - #OTD in 1943, the destroyer USS William D. Porter accidentally launched a live torpedo at the USS Iowa which was carrying President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference.
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![LCS(L) surrounding the sunken USS William D. Porter off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories LCS(L) surrounding the sunken USS William D. Porter off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories](https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2013.495.792_1.jpg)
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![USS Porter: The luckless Destroyer That Almost Torpedoed The President of the United States | SOFREP USS Porter: The luckless Destroyer That Almost Torpedoed The President of the United States | SOFREP](https://i0.wp.com/cms.sofrep.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/800px-USS_Iowa_1943.jpg?resize=800%2C586&ssl=1)
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![After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/06d5327864bd30aa3c0298a1ced253c939906e763f2b981379640ce01f2487c8_1.jpg)
After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the
![USS William D. Porter listing next to the LCS(L)(3)-122 off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories USS William D. Porter listing next to the LCS(L)(3)-122 off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories](https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2013.495.791_1.jpg)
USS William D. Porter listing next to the LCS(L)(3)-122 off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories
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![The Curious Tale of an Extremely Jinxed Ship – The USS William D. Porter (DD-579) | War History Online The Curious Tale of an Extremely Jinxed Ship – The USS William D. Porter (DD-579) | War History Online](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2016/10/uss_luce_dd-522-640x445.jpg)