World War II: The <a about="#mwt40" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Tang"},"2":{"wt":"SS-306"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tang_(SS-306)" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Tang (SS-306)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Tang</i></a> under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.