USS Guardian (MCM 5) ran aground on Tubbataha Reef at 2:25 a.m. local time, Jan. 17, while transiting the Sulu Sea. The Avenger-Class ship had just completed a port call in Subic Bay, Olongapo City and was en route to her next port of call when the grounding occurred.Never a good move. If the chart was accurate, then good excuses for running aground are rarer than honest congressmen. That'll kill the career of the CO and it almost always has. The XO and the OOD also should be planning on transitioning to civilian life sooner rather than later.
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Running aground has almost always been a career limiting move... the operative word being "almost". Admiral Nimitz ran USS Decatur (DD-5) aground in 1908 as a JO. He was court-martialed, found guilty of neglect of duty, and issued a letter of reprimand...
Obviously, he went on to become Fleet Admiral in 1944. He also spent a tour as CNO. So while it can be a career limiting mistake, it isn't necessarily the end...
I imagine that things have changed in the last 100 years. "One strike, yer out" seems to be the rule for all but butter bars.
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