Passive sonar tail ... should have been more explicit... when retrieving and deploying ship is restricted in maneuverability.
Just got to Japan.... news here indicates the freighter was overtaking. In which case they are likely the main fault, not that it will save the COs career depending on what else the logs show....
You know they can just detach those?
I am telling you when I served on that ship type that if you are involved in a collusion, even during replenishment, your career was done.
I suspect that we are going to find out that there was some major information failure in CIC and the bridge personnel were distracted.