Ding dong, the witch is dead!: Captain Graf faces ignominious end to her fast-track naval career
Posted on March 20th, 2010 by Paul Davis
I just read an interesting piece in the London Times about Captain Graf, the Navy captain who was relieved of her command of a warship due to her cursing and other mistreatment of her crew.
The Times reports that during Graf’s earlier command of the USS Winston S. Churchill, the ship’s propeller broke, causing the ship to shudder. Captain Graf and the crew believed the ship had run aground. As this is generally a firing offense for Navy captains, some of her crew reportedly sang “Ding dong, the witch is dead!”
Sounds old Navy to this old sailor.
You can read my comments about Captain Graf in my earlier post and link to a Time magazine piece here
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