“The collisions were avoidable...”
WOW!! What insight!!
When the collisions occurred, one of the more popular theories, on FR, was that the merchant ships intentionally rammed our ships. Another one was that the Chinese or the Muzzies had somehow taken control of either our ships or the merchant ships and maneuvered them into collision.
A few of those that had actually been to sea on real ships recognized it for what it was, human screw-ups most likely on the destroyers.