May 1, 1958
A crew from the Committee for Nonviolent Action, protesting nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, attempted to sail the ship The Golden Rule from Honolulu towards the Islands despite the a court injunction against them. The US Coast Guard arrested them five nautical miles from Honolulu and brought them back to the port. The Golden Rule attempted another trip on June 4 to the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, but they were arrested again and the court sentenced the crew to sixty days in jail. In July, another ship, The Phoenix of Hiroshima, sailed successfully to the testing area at the Proving Grounds, but the Coast Guard promptly arrested them. Although the protests did not stop the nuclear testing, the publicity of the events gained international support. The Golden Rule was restored in 2015 by Veterans for Peace and sails once more.
