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...Graf's next command, as captain of the guided-missile cruiser U.S.S. Cowpens, would be her last. Graf was relieved of duty in January, after nearly two years on the Cowpens, for "cruelty and maltreatment" of her crew, according to a blistering Navy inspector general's report obtained by TIME. The report has rocked the service to its bilges because it calls into question the way the Navy chooses, promotes and then monitors its handpicked skippers. The saga of Holly Graf suggests the Navy had long ignored warning signs about her suitability for command. And while news of her spectacular...
...Curtis Wilbur in 1997, as the executive officer (XO), or second in command. Kirk Benson, who retired from the Navy as a commander after a 20-year career, says his tour aboard the Curtis Wilbur with Graf was "the worst time in my life." Her constant berating of the crew led him to complain, he says, but nothing was done. "When I think of Holly Graf, even 12 years later, I shake," says Benson. "It was hard to imagine her as an XO, never mind getting command of two ships...
...were pleased with out results,” rookie crew Alma Lafler said, who was competing in her first top-tier competition as a member of the Harvard sailing team...
Four duos graced the water over the course of the weekend for the Crimson, as juniors Teddy Himler and Quincy Bock teamed up as a skipper-crew combo, while junior skipper Alan Palmer and Lafler made a team...
Also, junior John Stokes skippered alongside senior crew Michelle Konstadt, and Kopp rounded out the pairings with third-year crew Meghan Wareham...