If an officer is deemed sufficiently out-to-lunch, the blame falls on the senior who allowed that officer to hold onto his command. The incident shows extreme failure of cammand competence on the sub, and therefore on the part of the squadron commander.
LOL - I knew too many that fit that description.
That was why I asked the question. If the Skipper has a history of "being out to lunch", then by all means, his boss should be flushed as well. The article made no mention of the Skipper's duty history.
Seems that there is more to this than what we have seen published - so far.
LVM