I sure hope nothing happens to the Captain, reads like it was purely accidental.
Oh he’ll be gone within days and reassigned to the Pentagon. He won’t command another sub.
Since it was just a periscope that was damaged, the captain may be okay? I'm curious to understand how they did not know they hit anything, until later? Isn't someome always manning the periscope?
There is no such thing as an accident on a $2.5 billion sub. If all else fails use the periscope. Unless the boat was totally shutdown and drifting and all electrical circuits off and they surfaced under it they knew it was there.
accidental is EXACTLY what the captain IS held responsible for.
“I sure hope nothing happens to the Captain, reads like it was purely accidental.”
EVERYTHING on a nuclear sub happens according to a checklist. Accidents are on the checklist to avoid. This captain will lose his command. Heads will role.