[aomagrat]

—OTOH, the big-kahuna of grounding incidents was when, in 1950, the battleship Missouri ran into a sandbar, and was stuck for TWO WEEKS—

For the ultra big kahuna of grounding, check out Honda Point.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Point_Disaster

[ken5050]

Thanks for the link. I remember reading about that one. I’d never before read that it was attributed to the after-effects of the big Japanese quake. Learn something new every day. I, of course, was referring to the sized of the ship, not the number..(G)

[Rebelbase]

“For the ultra big kahuna of grounding, check out Honda Point.”

Seven destroyers on the rocks during peacetime. The all time clusterfark of US naval navigation.