Having stood OOD, CICWO, and EOOW watches under 4 Captains this is just flat out embarrassing....
I agree with you; as a LTjg OOD (one of three) on a Nimitz class in the late 80s, this is just embarrassing. We used to steam across the entire Pacific with NO radar operating. This entire crew appears to have been a disaster waiting to happen. If that XO didn’t particularly trust that OOD, HE should have been on the bridge if the CO couldn’t be bothered to.
At any rate - the OOD could have just stopped the ship to sort things out. As my first CO said - you can’t hit anything if you’re DIW.