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Originally Posted by John Channing
There has never been a mutiny on a US Naval Vessel.
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True, but one came real close.
The short version:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1162388
The full version:
http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/somers.htm
And of course the Wiki version, with reference to the JAG episode which recreated the event:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Somers_(1842)