TIL of the submarine USS Tang. It was hit when it's own torpedo boomeranged. 89 crew with 29 trapped. 13 made it out through a hatch but only 9 made to the surface where they were picked up by the Japanese and taken to a POW camp. They survived the war.

https://blog.fold3.com/escaping-a-sunken-sub-the-dramatic-story-of-the-uss-tang/#:~:text=On%20October%2024%2C%201944%…
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