[An Old Marine]

A captain of a US warship is always responsible for his ship and crew. The fact is that the commander of a US Navy ship has awesome powers relative to almost any other segmant of American society. With that power though comes responsibility.

Its indeed unfortunate that the charts may have been suspect but I'm troubled by several questions Why was he so close to a potential obstruction even if the charting wasn't exact? How far off were the charts?

The fact remains that much is expected of our military officers and justifiably so. The Captain of the San Franciso will get fair hearings by men that know what they are doing.

[WildTurkey]

Yes. What is different from the many previous transits made through this region.

[Oberon]

Its indeed unfortunate that the charts may have been suspect but I'm troubled by several questions Why was he so close to a potential obstruction even if the charting wasn't exact? How far off were the charts?

According to reports I've read online, there wasn't a charted obstacle within three miles of the sub's location.

[CFC__VRWC]

If the charts are wrong that may keep him from facing criminal charges (that's for a review board or a courts martial to decide, and we will never know all of the facts). Even if he doesn't face criminal negligence or recklessness charges, the fact that a man died as a result of this accident means that his career is finished. There's just no way to sugarcoat something like that on a fitness report.

[Quix]

I believe that.

I hope that politics doesn't get much into it.