Given your response, why didn’t he send out a Cat 4 CASREP? Everybody in the Navy is quite familiar with those - Cat 4 is ‘Not Mission Capable’. It’s classified and gets immediate attention.
I couldn't tell you if he did or not but I don't believe that I would have because he wasn't strictly speaking "not combat ready" yet.
I remember sending in a Readiness of 2 once because my motor transport was a mess and the fires of hell descended upon me. Ah well - you call them as you see them.