Not directly related, but a little story about that "human error".
When our destroyer was going to open fire there was always a warning: "All hands stand clear of the fo'c'sle while firing from Mount 51" (or fantail and Mount 52). This would give everyone time to be well away from the firing twin 5"/38 mount.
One day a shipmate and I were sitting on the forward chocks (small posts to tie the lines to), just talking. All at once the forward turret started to turn toward the shore, about ten feet away from us. Realizing what was happening we leaped up and ran through the door in the seawall behind the turret. We were just pulling the door closed when the warning came:
"All hands stand clear of the fo'c'sle while firing from..." BOOM!
My ears were ringing for hours afterward.
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