 On 21 March , the Navy announced that Swift would be court @-@ martialed for " through negligence , causing a vessel to run upon a rock " and " neglect of duty in regard to the above " . Along with the officer of the deck at the time of the accident , Lieutenant Harry E. Yarnell , Swift faced a court martial of seven rear admirals , a captain , and a lieutenant . He was sentenced to one year 's suspension from duty , later reduced to nine months ; after about six months , the sentence was remitted on 24 October . However , he was not assigned command of another ship . 
