Did the best he could after getting a really impossible hand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_%28general%29
Reminded me of a non event. In Fall of 72, there was a meeting in Augusta Bay, Sicily, with the entire Sixth Fleet anchored there. A scirocco blew up from North Africa and every ship was in danger of being blown ashore. The captains were all on the Independence for a briefing on the annual InChop of the Soviet subs into the Med (IIRC).
At one point, the Manley's Command Duty Officer, Elmer McDowell, came by the quarterdeck and checked the nearby ships.
An old salt horse, he was really sharp. "Is the Wainwright underway?"
I checked with the spyglass, "No, she still has her anchor flag up."
Then we watched as a Wainwright sized silhouette crept toward the piers.
Draggin anchor on a lee shore during a storm is really scary. Don't know how they did it in the Age of Sail.