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There is the 1923 U.S. Navy disaster where seven navy destroyers ran
aground in California

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1920s/ev-1923/honda-8.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1920s/ev-1923/hondapt.htm

and the similar Shovell disaster:


http://groups.google.com/group/NavList/browse_thread/thread/6c93397abece0dd4/4bfc42ef12cee1f8?hl=en&q=shovell&lnk=ol&

gl



Apache Runner wrote:
> George -
>
> Many thanks for your help.   You are quite correct that the specific
> line may have been made up for dramatic purposes, which is why I'm
> being cautious.  If this rings a bell for anyone, I'd appreciate it.
> I don't have the time to go through the microfilms.    I'm trying to
> collect a number of instances of cases where famous navigational
> errors have been made and trace the source of them.
>
> Two of note, for which I have primary sources are
>
> 1.) The Hubbard-Wallace-Ellson canoe expedition in Labrador, where
> they turned up the wrong river in search of Lake Michikamau.   This
> resulted in the starvation death of Hubbard.   Primary source = The
> Lure of Labrador by Wallace.
>
> 2.) The Freuchen-Rasmussen crossing of the North Greenland icecap.
> Peter Freuchen slept over 24 hours after the west-east crossing and
> got mixed up by a day.   This was in June, and he didn't catch his
> error.   On their return on the east-west recrossing, the intersected
> the west coast about 60 miles north of their target position.
> Primary source = Arctic Adventure by Freuchen.   It's an interesting
> error because the declination of the sun changes little in June, but
> much more rapidly around the equinox, so that fact conspired to cause
> the largest problem for them on return.
>
> If there are other famous navigation slip-ups out there - not
> necessarily celestial navigation, I'd welcome them.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> JH
>
>
>
> >


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