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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Two photos of a repaired and revitalized S-19 in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, spring 1925. The dock is cleaned up and these photos were likely taken just prior to flooding the dock so the S-19 could be pulled out. | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Two photos of a repaired and revitalized S-19 in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard, spring 1925. The dock is cleaned up and these photos were likely taken just prior to flooding the dock so the S-19 could be pulled out. | ||
There was a Courts Martial in the aftermath of this incident. The Commanding Officer was found guilty of negligence. He was sentenced to the loss of five precedence numbers in rank. The precedence numbers were a method to use to determine which officers of any given rank were eligible for promotion. Losing five numbers meant that five lieutenants junior to him would be promoted before him. All in all it was a light sentence, but still publicly humiliating. The Officer of the Deck (OOD) on duty at the time of the grounding, a lieutenant, was found guilty of inefficiency in performance of his duty and violation of orders in not reporting a change of course to his superior officer, i.e. the CO. He was sentenced to the loss of 25 numbers in rank. This would have essentially ended his career. The S-19's Navigator, also a lieutenant, was acquitted of charges of inefficiency and violation of orders, but the Secretary of the Navy disapproved the findings for him. Fortunately, that disapproval was not legally binding. | There was a Courts Martial convened in the aftermath of this incident. The Commanding Officer was found guilty of negligence. He was sentenced to the loss of five precedence numbers in rank. The precedence numbers were a method to use to determine which officers of any given rank were eligible for promotion. Losing five numbers meant that five lieutenants junior to him would be promoted before him. All in all it was a light sentence, but still publicly humiliating. The Officer of the Deck (OOD) on duty at the time of the grounding, a lieutenant, was found guilty of inefficiency in performance of his duty and violation of orders in not reporting a change of course to his superior officer, i.e. the CO. He was sentenced to the loss of 25 numbers in rank. This would have essentially ended his career. The S-19's Navigator, also a lieutenant, was acquitted of charges of inefficiency and violation of orders, but the Secretary of the Navy disapproved the findings for him. Fortunately, that disapproval was not legally binding. | ||
The S-19 returned to the fleet and served until decommissioned in February 10, 1934 and sunk as a target in December, 1938. Most of the S-19's sisters served until nearly the end of the war in 1945, so why the 19 boat was disposed of so early is a bit of a mystery. She may have suffered lingering effects from her grounding that degraded her performance. | The S-19 returned to the fleet and served until decommissioned in February 10, 1934 and sunk as a target in December, 1938. Most of the S-19's sisters served until nearly the end of the war in 1945, so why the 19 boat was disposed of so early is a bit of a mystery. She may have suffered lingering effects from her grounding that degraded her performance. |
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Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
A closer view of S-19 on the beach at Chatham, MA., January 13, 1925. USCGC Acushnet stands by in the background, ready to render assistance.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
Photos courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
Photos courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
Photos courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
There was a Courts Martial convened in the aftermath of this incident. The Commanding Officer was found guilty of negligence. He was sentenced to the loss of five precedence numbers in rank. The precedence numbers were a method to use to determine which officers of any given rank were eligible for promotion. Losing five numbers meant that five lieutenants junior to him would be promoted before him. All in all it was a light sentence, but still publicly humiliating. The Officer of the Deck (OOD) on duty at the time of the grounding, a lieutenant, was found guilty of inefficiency in performance of his duty and violation of orders in not reporting a change of course to his superior officer, i.e. the CO. He was sentenced to the loss of 25 numbers in rank. This would have essentially ended his career. The S-19's Navigator, also a lieutenant, was acquitted of charges of inefficiency and violation of orders, but the Secretary of the Navy disapproved the findings for him. Fortunately, that disapproval was not legally binding.
The S-19 returned to the fleet and served until decommissioned in February 10, 1934 and sunk as a target in December, 1938. Most of the S-19's sisters served until nearly the end of the war in 1945, so why the 19 boat was disposed of so early is a bit of a mystery. She may have suffered lingering effects from her grounding that degraded her performance.
Photos courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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