2007-08-07 13:48:53 · 5 answers · asked by sebastian b 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
EVERY Captain who looses a ship is court martial-ed automatically......probably 90% of the time the verdict is accident of the sea and the Captain accquited if it wasn't a preventable fault......
2007-08-10 02:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides being court-martialed for the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis, Captain McVay also collided with another ship when was piloting a vessel from Bayonne to Phialdelphia after the court-martial. His court-martial was unique. It's the only instance in U.S. Naval history where the chief witness for the prosecution was a former enemy commander: the skipper of the Japanese sub which sank the Indianapolis!
Captain McVay committed suicide a few years ago.
2007-08-07 14:05:08 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There was a Royal Navy Captain court martialled about 5 years ago for running his destroyer aground on a reef in Fiji.
2007-08-07 17:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally know a troop who was court-marshal for sinking an M-113! To the radiator!
2007-08-07 15:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Mcvay was over the Indianapolis
http://www.ussindianapolis.org/
2007-08-07 13:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋