Amicicide at Sea: Friendly Fire Incidents During World War II Naval Operations.

Abstract

When U.S. ships become victims of 'friendly fire,' or amicicide, the cost is high both in human and operational terms. Incidents in which U.S. Ships were damaged or sunk by Allied gunfire during World War II were identified and classified by scenario and ship type. Frequencies of wounded-in-action (WIA) and killed-in-action (KIA) were compiled. Fifty-three incidents of amicicide at sea resulted in 438 WIA and l86 KIA. Forty of the incidents occurred in 1945. Amphibious operations accounted for 25 incidents, while only three occurred during naval battles. Destroyers were hit most often, accounting for 32 percent of the incidents. Friendly fire, Wounded-in-action, Amicicide, Killed-in-action, U.S. Navy, Fratricide

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA278291

Entities

People

  • Christopher G. Blood
  • Eleanor D. Gauker

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Combat Operations
  • Destroyers
  • Electronic Counter Countermeasures
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Friendly Fire
  • Military Organizations
  • Motor Torpedo Boats
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Patrol Craft
  • Second World War
  • Ships
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Trauma or Military Medicine