Okay, I’m kind of expert on this sort thing myself. I was an eye witness to the USS Mars/USS Cook collision in 1979 from the perspective of the forward winch deck on the Mars. The USS Mars was a supply ship, and we did underway replenishment to other ships on a regular basis. Our collision had nothing to do with unrepping, but unrepping requires high levels of coordination. We almost collided with other ships twice during unreps. There is very little on the internet about our collision, but I believe this short video was made by one of my crew mates. I recognize the names of several commenters on the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdqAspYUn4
Guy in my Bible Study who served on a destroyer in the 1950’s.
“Captain, we are low on fuel. We need to collide with that big ship”.
“Collision course. The FNG has the conn”
He said there was no chance of being torpedoed because even submarines wouldn’t come out in that weather.