Read previewA Navy supply ship was run aground by a junior officer off the coast of Bahrain shortly after the ship's master — or captain — left the bridge to eat dinner, an investigation revealed.
The master took the ship there and then went to eat dinner, leaving the ship in the hands of a much more junior third officer.
Less than 30 minutes later, the Alan Shepard was grounded on a shoal.
An MH-60S Sea Hawk approaches the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard.
Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance hold the phone and distance line during a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shepard.
Persons:
—, Alan Shepard, Lewis, Clark, James Hong, Military.com, Alan Shepard's, Spruance, Taylor Crenshaw, Arleigh Burke, Andrew Langholf, Howard, Cmdr, Kenji Igawa
Organizations:
Service, Navy, Business, US Navy, US Coast Guard, Halsey
Locations:
Bahrain, Bali, Indonesia