Your report is not error free. For example, there was a Maryland pilot on board the ship in command. Also, The ship was in the approach channel from a good ways back from the bridge after it came out to the center of the river. It only veered to its right just at the end before it hit the bridge. Prior to that it was exactly where it was supposed to be. When the power goes out control over the rudder is lost.
The pilot wasn't in command, the ship's captain was.
Caption (Kirk): “Switch to Auxiliary Power”