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Why did the Lieutenant Commander of the Nevada intentionally grounded the ship at Pearl Harbor?
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To ground a ship means to steer it into water too shallow for it to float so that it gets stuck on the bottom. Normally you want to avoid this at all costs. In the case of the Nevada, when the attack started she tried to make a run for it and get out of the harbor. She didn't make it. She was torpedoed and began to sink. If she had sunk in the channel into the harbor she would have blocked it and it would have been months before she could be hauled off. The entire surviving fleet would have been stuck in Pearl Harbor during that entire time. So, the captain or the executive officer, whoever was in charge, deliberately grounded the ship to avoid blocking the harbor. Michael Montagne
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