[proust]

FWIW, Unconfirmed, from Reddit:

“I actually just got word from another shipmate that was on board the USS Fitzgerald as well. He said that the cargo ship did not appear on the radar and the lights were dim. They tried to turn, but by then it was too late. When they hit, the berthing rooms started to flood. They sealed off all the berthing rooms, essentially trapping the sailors because they thought no one was in any of the rooms to avoid sinking the ship.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/6hxe14/bodies_of_7_missing_us_sailors_found_in_damaged/dj1wzqr/

[Doofer]

They sealed off all the berthing rooms, essentially trapping the sailors because they thought no one was in any of the rooms to avoid sinking the ship.

I was in the Navy for 21 years and I call total BS on that one. There's always some sleeping in the berthing spaces. Day or night!

[bgill]

they thought no one was in any of the rooms to avoid sinking the ship.”

What?!? That makes no sense. Sailors sleep round the clock.