Instructions for Scuttling Ship
In a modern Navy, little is left to chance: not even the means for sinking one's own ship. The instructions below, promulgated around May 1943, spelled out in detail the steps to be taken should it become necessary to scuttle Enterprise to prevent capture of the ship and sensitive materials she carried. Fortunately, it never became necessary to execute this particular plan.
The great difficulty (and, ultimately, failure) in scuttling Enterprise's sister ship Hornet during the Battle of Santa Cruz in October 1942 vividly demonstrated the need for such detailed plans.
U.S.S. ENTERPRISE
Instructions for Scuttling Ship.
Personnel.
Magazine group.
Mock, AOM2c [Robert P. Mock Jr.]
Brant, S1c [Marvin O. Brant]
Hangar deck (Repair 7).
Ensign Blevins. [William C. Blevins]
Diemert, TM1c. [Robert C. Diemert]
