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Originally Posted by Hartmann
Yes, they court martialled mc way for not order a zig zag pattern in the course.
but during the court, the japnese commander say that he would sink the ship with zig zag or not.
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Captain McVeigh was courtmartialed in order to take the heat off the Navy which had screwed up royally and left those men to die in the water. It was not a normal procedure at all. If you lost your ship, a Court of Inquiry would look into it, but a court martial was for extreme hazards or negligence.