Nebraska For The Dry Dock.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 12, 1912:
Disabled Battleship Will Be Taken to Boston Yard Wednesday.
    ROCKPORT, Mass., Aug. 11.— The battleship Nebraska arrived here to-day after having been damaged slightly Thursday by running on an uncharted shoal off Point Judith, R.I. The Nebraska will go to Boston Wednesday to dry dock for a thorough examination.
    The battleship went on the shoal on even keel and scraped over several rocks. One plate on the bottom of the ship was started a few inches, and a compartment was leaking slightly after the accident, but an examination by divers disclosed that the damage was slight. The Nebraska proceeded to Rockport after receiving orders from the Navy Department. The accident occurred about 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon while the ship was making 13 knots an hour. The Missouri accompanied the Nebraska to this harbor.
    Although the place where the Nebraska struck is not shown on recent charts, it was indicated on others as far back as 1839. Later the mark was believed to be a mistake, and taken off the new charts. The shoal consists of large boulders extending over an acre of sea bottom and covered by twenty feet of water.