Episode 73: USS William D. Porter, History’s Unluckiest Ship

In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the hilarious and near-world-changing story of the USS William D. Porter, a ship whose crew almost accidentally killed US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt before suffering the weirdest kamikaze attack in history.

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Image: Unknown. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS William D. Porter. Photograph. 10th June 1945. Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington DC, USA. Via Wikimedia.

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