Courts-martial of Navy skippers in fatal ship collisions have mixed results.

An interesting read. I think the negligent homicide charges are over the top. But hazarding a vessel will likely stick.

The Navy’s decision to move forward with possible criminal charges against officers who oversaw two destroyers involved in catastrophic collisions last year sets up a potential spectacle that has not occurred in a generation: The court-martial of a ship’s captain in the death of his own sailors.