Two Battleships Disabled At Sea.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 10, 1912:
Connecticut Breaks Her Starboard Crankshaft and Nebraska Hits Uncharted Shoals.
CRIPPLED AT MANOEUVRES
Admiral Osterhaus's Flagship to be Ordered Here for Repairs — Nebraska Is Sent to Boston.
Special to The New York Times.
    NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 9.— The battleship Connecticut, flying the flag of Rear Admiral Osterhaus, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, arrived to-night from the manoeuvres in the vicinity of Block Island with her starboard crankshaft split.
    The break occurred yesterday morning, when the Connecticut was going through manoeuvres at a fifteen-knot speed, but it was not discovered until after the ship came to anchor. Then one of the machinists detected the break. The flagship will likely go to the New York or League Island Navy Yard for about three weeks.
    The battleship Nebraska, Capt. Spencer S. Wood commanding, touched bottom in twenty-four feet of water on an uncharted shoal about four miles west by south of Point Judith Light on Tuesday. Immediately the signal for collision drill was sounded. All bulkheads were closed and the ship was stopped. Capt. Wood ordered divers over the side, discovering boulders covering an acre, and not less than twenty-four feet of water over it, which is a serious menace.
    Pumps were started, and this kept the ship from danger, although her injuries are serious. It was learned to-night that the Nebraska, which was sent to the Boston Navy Yard by orders from Admiral Osterhaus in obedience to instructions from Acting Secretary of the Navy Beekman Winthrop, cannot be ready for the yearly target practice, scheduled from Aug. 21 to Sept.15 in Southern waters.
    The Nebraska and the Connecticut, with the other ships of the North Atlantic fleet, left Newport last Monday for a week's naval engagement in the vicinity of Block Island, Vineyard Haven, and Point Judith.