LOSS OF U.S. DESTROYERS'
FAULTY NAVIGATION. *-'.' .'• • "' "', " THREE OFFICERS TO BE TRIED. A. and N.Z. . WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. The naval board of inquiry into the wreck of seven United States destroyers off the coast of California on September 8 found that«the disaster was due to bad judgment and faulty navigation by Squadron-Commander E. H. Watson, Lieutenant-Commander Hunger, and Lieutenant Blodgett, navigator of the Delphi. The officers will be tried by court-marital.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 11
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70LOSS OF U.S. DESTROYERS' New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 11
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