My guess is that that first hour was (without a Captain) "nothing but "***holes and elbows" -- trying to save a ship with a big hole in the hull.
Not sure comms was a priority. I, for one, have been studying this since the news came out -- and I never thought of the comms in the birds...
Good thinking!
In the military there is a term for that possibility. It is called “the chain of command”. The ship was never without a “captain”.
In an emergency EVERYONE knows their jobs. These types of events are anticipated and trained for. Nobody says “where do they keep the pumps” or “what do I do?”
All the smears against our brave sailors on this forum are disgusting and unwarranted.
Communication is around number three, for example in the air, priorities are aviate, navigate, communicate. I suspect that sailors have a similar set of priorities.