The ship was badly damaged and only avoided sinking by being run aground. Washington state arrived in a dismasted, rudderless ship that ran aground near Cape Flattery. More were sunk over the following days or ran aground. The ships had struck a reef and run aground during rough seas. The boat nears the submarine but runs aground. He then ran "Queen Anne's Revenge" aground on a sandbar near Beaufort, North Carolina. She got caught in seaweed and on 22 July drifted aground on Inaccessible Island. The ancient Quoyles were pirates that ran ships aground and savagely pillaged them. As a result, the vessel had to be run aground. She drifted for before running aground on the Longsands Bank. The British destroyer was hit at least seven times that caused her to run aground. The Union had lost two ships and three were aground. She then ran aground off Hrafneyri Light. Dewey steered "Mississippi" through shallow water where he expected to run aground any moment. Several LSTs were damaged and/or ran aground.