Today we talk about the U.S. Empire battleship that attempted to assassinate his teammates several times, and almost sent Roosevelt into the Elysium, and its degree of psychedelity is no less than that of the confused blue Turkey.
<h1>diary</h1>
It all starts with the former president of the United States, Mr. Roosevelt's Japanese machine:
During Monday's exercise, the Potter fired a torpedo, and we watched it explode a thousand feet from us.
Dear officials, don't think that this little cute guy named Potter has only one tumultuous operation, its short life, can definitely show your scalp tingling.
<h1>Little cute Potter</h1>
In July 1943, a Creche-class destroyer named William DPort ended its training career and served in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, beginning its bewildering and brilliant life.
The little cutie of the Chosen Son, the Potter, unleashed its pig's foot aura in November, just four months after serving, and he was given a top-secret mission to protect President Roosevelt's car, the Iowa, across the Atlantic for the Cairo Conference in Africa.
On November 12, more than 80 members of the U.S. military and political community, including President Roosevelt, boarded the largest U.S. battleship at Norfolk Military Harbor, the Iowa (Iowa), leading two aircraft carriers and three destroyers, including the cute Potter, quietly left the Chesapeake Bay and prepared for an eight-day radio silent voyage to Port Kelby in North Africa, on the way to a conventional fleet exercise.
The whole journey was long, but the sailors knew in their hearts that the German boys, in the Atlantic, did not pose any real threat, so the risk was not so great, but there were still jokes that if Hitler came up to this juncture and blew up the fleet, then it would make a lot of money.
In fact, everyone knows that as long as the intelligence department does not pick a pick, this kind of thing is almost impossible, full of more than 120 rookies sailors who have just served for four months, the cute Potter, naturally held by the old birds and said, Xiao Bo, a novice like you, you have to follow us sea kings to mix some experience.
<h1>You don't understand the world of bastards</h1>
However, it turns out that the world of bastards will definitely not be unsettling. As early as the time of departure, the Potter, with its pig's foot halo, was in port, and because it did not remove the steel anchor hanging on the bridge of another destroyer, it began to sail, and as a result, all the supplies and armaments on the deck of the other battleship were pulled into the sea.
I thought it was just a small episode, but no one thought that this was the beginning of the nightmare.
On the second day of the voyage, directly below the fleet, there was a sudden thunderclap. The sound of the explosion that broke the earth made the fleet immediately swing away from the anti-submarine formation and began to search for local submarines, as a result, the Potter trembled and called the signal, it turned out that the safety valve of a depth-sinker of the Potter was not screwed, and the high-speed navigation caused the bomb to fall into the sea and explode.
It was just a false alarm, but not for a while, really not for a while. One of the potter crew members was swept away by the waves!
That's not all.
It is said that the child without a mother takes care of it, and this heaven really cares for it!
Only to get rid of the sadness of losing the crew, the boiler room of the cute little Potter had another moth, and had to be forced to leave the team to stop for maintenance.
This series of disgraceful operations is naturally also seen by the big guys in their peers. After speeding up to catch up with the big team, Admiral Ernest, the head of the operations department who lit a cigar on the Iowa, personally sent greetings: Xiao Bo, which of your song team is it? According to your windy operation, do you want to go back to the tun to sing the two-person turn? You have to learn from the two cows and iron eggs that are with you. You have to think about your future.
<h1>Assassinate the president</h1>
Finish the calf, this is not pressure OK, the rookie who has served for four months is already nervous, a pressure, more nervous, this rookie is more nervous, the world is panicked.
On November 14, the fleet exercise was held as scheduled. To put it bluntly, it was a fireworks show for Roosevelt.
Balloon targets rose around the Iowa and were shot down one by one by anti-aircraft guns. Suddenly, the sky is colorful, and the sea surface is clear and quiet.
On the deck, roosevelt, with two sideburns, sat in a wheelchair, looking at the face like a spring peach, the eyes like water apricots, the lips not dotted and dan, the eyebrows without painting and looking like Dai, in short, the Iowa rose to the laughter and anger of the magnates, and the cabin was busy with the sailors' rudder pull valves.
The little cute Potter on the sea five kilometers away can only look through, hoping that the magnates can make their faces long.
It has been said that the child without a mother is taken care of by heaven, and there are really a few ball targets floating into the air defense circle against the wind. This captain looked at it, and sure enough, the feng shui took turns, and the promotion and salary increase were today.
Sailors were asked to do a torpedo drill, while anti-aircraft guns were firing targets just to set off fireworks for the president. This is indeed the same world, the whiskers and horses are all from one family, the anti-aircraft guns are playing happily, the captain thinks about running when he thinks, this time it is my turn to perform, right?
<h1>But life is destined to be, ups and downs....</h1>
After the fireworks, it is a fish drill, the exercise, must find a big goal, low-key luxury and connotation of Roosevelt car, Iowa, that is definitely the first choice.
Of course, the exercise will pull out the torpedo explosion fuse, so it will not really be played out, with the order of the captain of the Potter, Mr. Walter, torpedo one, launch, fish two, launch, after a short pause came the two answers after the launch, torpedo three, launch. Only two soldiers were heard with tearful surprise, no no no no no...
Something was wrong, a torpedo pierced out of the magazine and went straight to the president's car, the Iowa, which would arrive in two minutes, and the radio was silent, and only the signal lights could be turned on.
The rookie in a hurry is inexperienced if he does not come, and in a hurry, he hits the signal, and the torpedo is moving away from your ship.
A second time, it was done again, and our ship was reversing at full speed.
This tumultuous operation made the Iowa crew look stunned, and the anxious captain of the Potter could not care about the ban on radio silence, and directly opened the radio call, the lion (the supreme command ship code) right full rudder, the lion, the right full rudder, the signal soldier on the Iowa, heard the call to break the ban, and thought that the fleet was attacked by enemy troops. So still back, please identify yourself, where the enemy is located, and captain Potter is in the mood to explain at this time.
Just shouting lions, lions, lions, but at this time Iowa on the starboard side found the torpedo lookout like a pig killing, breaking the deadlock, and in an instant the right rudder of Iowa pulled the deck tilt to almost 45 °, the deck is unknown, so Roosevelt saw the torpedo passing by, and there was the aforementioned Roosevelt diary.
<h1>Big brother don't shoot</h1>
The crisis was lifted, but from the captain to the crew on the Potter, they no longer had to worry about their future.
Because the news they created not only made them famous all over the world, but also made the Potter, which originally had dozens of Creucher-class sisters, become a big brother, so that in the days that in later days, when the U.S. Navy saw the Roletcher-class destroyers, it would say: Big brother, don't shoot, I am not the president.
<h1>exile</h1>
Of course, the crew of the Potter, although after careful scrutiny, confirmed that it was a mistake caused by negligence, they were forever saddled with the cauldron of the president's assassination by negligence.
Similarly, potter's ship came to an end, and soon potter was exiled to Alaska for the defense of the Aleutian Islands, which was not, and the so-called Japanese surprise attack went, to put it bluntly, to accompany polar bears and Inuit to watch the ice fields.
<h1>Can't keep a low profile of pig's foot aura</h1>
The naïve American high-level thought that if the Potter went to guard the island, it would seal the Potter's pig's foot aura, but the dry mulberry knew the wind, the sea knew the cold, and if it was gold, it would definitely shine, and the Potter would be a thing in the pool.
During a rehearsal break, a frustrated gunner, drunk and drunk, said that he would come to a cannon to help the wine, the drunk man stepped on the scale wave micro-step, dangling and leisurely with the 127 mm naval gun against the sky "bang" is a cannon, shells with the whistle of the wind, carrying a group of soldiers who can not go to the battlefield sad and lonely mood, flew into the depths of the night sky.
Turning his head seems to have a deep meaning of a sentence, no intention of worrying, the west window candle cut by who sent, the flowers sleep and people scattered, dry ink and silk Xuan teardrops, but unfortunately, these literary and artistic words will not be understood by the superior.
As a result, the next day, the commander of the base personally went on the ship to criticize, it turned out that the shell was impartial and just landed in the courtyard of the base commander's home, coincidentally, the base commander was leading a group of high-society old ladies to a party, fortunately, the gun had eyes and did not explode.
<h1>Highlight moments</h1>
After this incident, perhaps even Americans felt that this guy could only hurt himself by staying at home.
So in 1945, the Potter, as she wished, went south to participate in the Battle of Okinawa, and also ushered in the highlight moment of its ship's birth.
From April 1 to May 5, potter vented all his grievances and reluctance with 8,500 shells on the Okinawa land target. Throughout the campaign, he guided the downing and direct shooting down of dozens of Japanese fighters.
<h1>Fall does not forget to show off</h1>
On June 10, at 8:15 a.m., the sun was like fire, and in the calm reflection of the sea, a Japanese kamikaze fighter swept the water and rushed straight to the Potter, threatening to die, but the sailors still spared no effort to shoot down the plane before the collision.
But with inertia, the plane still rushed straight down the water to the bottom of the Potter hull, good to die, and just exploded under the hull, was pushed up, and fell heavily on the surface of the water of the cute potter, after three hours of first aid or the world, sank to the bottom of the sea, walked its short and crazy life. Fortunately, the crew was all transferred, and no one was killed or injured.
Although the Potter frequently appeared in the early stage, it did make an indelible contribution to the victory of World War II in the later stage, if you look at the officials like my article, you can't help but like it. Thank you for your patience to read, what is the similar event theme, you can leave a message in the comment area to discuss Oh! #Masashi is also crazy # #美国海军 #