Where did you get that conclusion? They weren’t doing anything deliberate with the Crystal, and certainly not planning to board her in Tokyo bay.
And the Crystal should have “stopped”. Beasts like that don’t stop on a dime. And then you have the problem of being stopped, at night, in the approaches to Tokyo bay.
It is important to first realize the official narrative is false. They were not struck where they say they were struck. They were struck after the evasive maneuvers of the Crystal. I was fortunate enough to have a very creditable direct source who was tracking the event in real time as it happened because this was his work and profession.