The thing was too that the Japs had a training issue with damage control. They were prone to commit blunders that created problems or made them fatally worse, surprising since they had a culture of intense training, but yet somehow dropped the ball on consistent competency in damage/fire control duties.
18 posted on 12/01/2019 4:38:03 PM PST by lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
In the US Navy all crew are trained in damage control, especially fire fighting. The Japanese only had specialists trained to put out fires. A bad system.
145 posted on 12/13/2019 11:33:41 AM PST by Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)