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The QMOW and Navigator have charts and track their position on these charts. They lay on a table near the back of Control. Anybody can see them there. I was just an IMA puke (from the local sub tender or Intermediate Maintenance Activity)fixing things and/or bumming a good meal in port and saw a few of them during "Fast Cruise" drills. If any known seamounts were near, they would be on the charts. I find it hard to believe that they would drive the boat flank speed willy-nilly near a charted seamount.

The investigation won't be fun. Hard questions will be asked hundreds of different ways. If the Cheif is shooting straight, it seems they just need the charts and a gps or internal nav fix on the position of the mystery mountain with everybody telling the same story and everyone should be in the clear. Possibly quite a few sailors may be up for some Navy Com's, Life Saving medals, or NAM's.

... I find it hard to believe that they would drive the boat flank speed willy-nilly near a charted seamount.

Uhm, I think "uncharted" usually means it was not on the chart.
But that's just me.