USS William D. Porter

Falkirion · 05-08-12, 01:57 AM

Any other ships that have had as bad a run (in terms of names) as the Porter?

Nice find Oberon.

gimpy117 · 05-08-12, 02:25 AM

sounds like a ship full of Bernards

Kongo Otto · 05-08-12, 02:28 AM

In the article it says the whole crew was arrested. What happened to them? Were they court martialled?

05-08-12, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Kongo Otto

In the article it says the whole crew was arrested. What happened to them? Were they court martialled?

It says on the next page of the article.

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There are worse places to face an inquiry than Bermuda, and after all the appropriate questions were answered, the captain and a few officers were sentenced to shore duty. It could have been much worse. The guy who forgot to disable the torpedo got hard labor, although his sentence was later reduced by Roosevelt himself.

TarJak · 05-08-12, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Falkirion

Any other ships that have had as bad a run (in terms of names) as the Porter?

Nice find Oberon.

HMAS Melbourne was close. It ran over two friendly warships during manouvres in peace time.

Halgarre · 05-08-12, 11:42 AM

"The IOWA began evasive maneuvers, yet trained all guns on the William D. Porter. There was now some thought that the W.D. Porter was part of an assassination plot."

That's a lot of guns.

Karle94 · 05-08-12, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Halgarre

"The IOWA began evasive maneuvers, yet trained all guns on the William D. Porter. There was now some thought that the W.D. Porter was part of an assassination plot."

That's a lot of guns.

Aren`t nine of them all you`ll ever need?

kraznyi_oktjabr · 05-10-12, 03:54 AM

Best laughs for this year so far!

CaptainHaplo · 05-10-12, 11:32 AM

Seems to me that HMAS Melbourne wasn't unlucky - the destroyers assigned to guard her were! In each of those cases it looks like the escorts were clearly at fault based on the rules of manuevering at sea.

Sailor Steve · 05-08-12, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

HMAS Melbourne was close. It ran over two friendly warships during manouvres in peace time.

And came close to running over a third. I was there.

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Seems to me that HMAS Melbourne wasn't unlucky - the destroyers assigned to guard her were! In each of those cases it looks like the escorts were clearly at fault based on the rules of manuevering at sea. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

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Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Any other ships that have had as bad a run (in terms of names) as the Porter? Nice find Oberon.

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Kongo Otto Commodore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Augsburg / Germany Posts: 631 Downloads: 203 Uploads: 0	In the article it says the whole crew was arrested. What happened to them? Were they court martialled?

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Halgarre Shore leave Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Tennessee, below the thermocline Posts: 70 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	"The IOWA began evasive maneuvers, yet trained all guns on the William D. Porter. There was now some thought that the W.D. Porter was part of an assassination plot." That's a lot of guns.