"Cause:"@en . "Place:"@en . "background-color: #cc9999"@en . "1950-01-17"^^ . . . "Thimble Shoal Light, Near Old Point Comfort"@en . "300"^^ . "Result:"@en . "Tugboats surround USS Missouri during an"@en . . "--01-21"^^ . "1950 USS Missouri grounding incident"@en . . . . . . "background-color: #cc9999"@en . . . . . "Date:"@en . . . . "The USS Missouri grounding incident occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No casualties occurred during the incident; however, the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. Damage to the ship incurred from the incident required her to return to port and reenter dry dock for repairs."@en . "The USS Missouri grounding incident occurred 17 January 1950 when the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) ran aground while sailing out of Chesapeake Bay. No casualties occurred during the incident; however, the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. Damage to the ship incurred from the incident required her to return to port and reenter dry dock for repairs. After the battleship was freed a naval court of inquiry was convened to determine the facts surrounding the grounding. In the end, Captain William D. Brown and a handful of other naval officers were found guilty of negligence for their role in the grounding incident. Captain Brown suffered the loss of 250 places on the promotion list, which effectively ended his naval career. Missouri was repaired and reentered service with the active fleet shortly afterward. She would go on to serve in the Korean War before being decommissioned in 1954. She entered the Puget Sound Reserve Fleet in Bremerton, Washington, where she remained until being reactivated in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan put forth by then President Ronald Reagan and his Navy Secretary John Lehman."@en . . . "Negligence"@en . . "USS Missouri grounding incident"@en . . . "Battleship hull damaged"@en . .