[pepsi_junkie]

Isn’t a ship’s crew trained to operate the vessel when electronics go out?

The ship was flooding and it blew out internal communications. Damage control requires coordination and without comms that's hard. Naval ships typically have sound powered telephones that do not require external power specifically for these sorts of situations, not sure if they were not present on this vessel.

[RedMonqey]

Thanks, read of ships getting capsized but not because of getting wet