US Navy's Honda Point disaster

[Slater]

Anyone get into hot water over this one?:

 

https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter...age/hondapt.htm

[Richard Lindquist]

Anyone get into hot water over this one?:

 

https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/warfighter...age/hondapt.htm

 

 

Eleven officer were court-matialled over the disaster. Nine were found not guity. The two officers found guilty (Sqn CO and Delphy CO). The sentence was "loss of promotion" and the two were assigned to meaningless jobs until they retired.

[DesertFox]

I read that part of teh wreck of the USS Chauncey is still visibler, has anyone seen any pictures.

Did a quick google search and did not see anything

[R Leonard]

Convicted by Court Martial:

 

Of the charge of Culpable Inefficiency and Negligence: Capt Edward H Watson, ComDesRon 11; lost 150 numbers in seniority on the Captains list. He retired on 6 Nov 1929, a Captain

 

Of the charge of Culpable Inefficiency and Negligence: LCdr Donald T Hunter, Commanding USS Delphy, lost 100 numbers in seniority on the LCdr list. He retired on 30 June 1929, a Lieutenant Commander

 

Of the charge of Negligence: LCdr Herbert O Roesch, Commanding USS Nicholas; retired on 1 July 1939, a Captain. Returned to service September 1940 to September 1946, returned to retired list, Capt.

 

Found not guilty of the charge of Culpable Inefficiency and Negligence was Ltjg Lawrence Blodgett, Executive Officer and Navigator, USS Delphy

 

Found not guilty of the charge of Negligence were the following officers:

Capt Robert Morris, ComDesDiv 33

Cdr William S Pye, ComDesDiv 31

Cdr William L Calhoun, Commanding, USS Young

Cdr Willian S Toaz, Commanding, USS S P Lee,

LCdr Walter D Seed, Commanding, USS Fuller

LCdr Richard H Booth, Commanding USS Chauncey

Cdr Louis P Davis, Commanding, USS Woodbury

[rmgill]

The Chauncy should be right about here.

[Richard Lindquist]

Convicted by Court Martial:

 

Of the charge of Culpable Inefficiency and Negligence: Capt Edward H Watson, ComDesRon 11; lost 150 numbers in seniority on the Captains list. He retired on 6 Nov 1929, a Captain

 

 

Captain Watson was a fourth generation US Navy officer. His father was a Rear Admiral. He was named Deputy CO of the 14th naval District in Hawaiii. This was pretty much an "elephant's graveyard" type job.

[Yooklid]

A British perspective, including some excellent pictures:

 

http://www.worldwar1atsea.net/WW1z07Americas.htm

[BP]

As somebody who has heard the sickening thudcrunch of running up on an oyster bar, I can only imagine the commander of the flotilla reporting back.

 

"Uh, we're stuck on Honda Point."

"Which ship?"

"Yeah. . . . uh, that would be all of them. . . "

[X-Files]

I read somewhere once that this incident provident our beloved Lovecraft with inspiration for his battle off of Innsmouth.