While the incompetent crew is a factor, it does not relieve the Captain of his responsibility.
The ship was navigating through the Straits of Hormuz, one of the most hazardous sea channels in the World.
40 years ago I passed through that channel on the USS Turner Joy and we witnessed a cruiser in our task force that nearly missed colliding with a merchant ship that night.
Their radar blips merged on the screen — it was that close.
And our Captain was on-deck. He posted me as an extra Junior Officer of the Deck on the port-side bridge. This was sometime around midnight.
Besides, the Captain should be well-aware of his officers’ incompetence.
No doubt. The Captain’s career will not survive the Court Martial, in fact it was gone before the ship made it back to port . But, as an infantry rifle company commander and as an infantry battalion commander I had to sleep and those who tried to tough it out for long periods made some big mistakes. I haven’t heard of any discussions of a sea cabin. All of the skippers of my era were always in their sea cabin when under way, their main cabin was used when at the quay.
You re only about 5000 miles off on your location and equally removed from the facts.
This captain is the fall guy for political correctness and diversity.
In your day, he would have had the authority to throw these incompetent females off the ship.