"most"?
Perhaps "all"?
What were they doing?
Howsabout: With the Captain severely injured—maybe trying to STAY AFLOAT AND NOT SINK???
Howsabout: What’s with all that maneuvering of the cargo carrier BEFORE THEY RAMMED the Fitzgerald??
No accident, this one.
Definitely not. Running a ship, especially a war ship, is a 24X7 job. There are all sorts of hazards at sea... from friendly ships, from hostile ships/planes, from weather and from mechanical equipment running the ship.... you have to be paying attention to communications in case new orders come in, etc. Weapons systems have to be kept operational, and of course other support systems are running too.
Hazards don't only work business hours, so neither do crews on ships.
Not even close to all -- Navy watches rotate every four hours at sea. The collision occurred during the midwatch (midnight to 4AM). There would have been multiple people standing watches in engineering spaces, CIC (Combat Information Center), and on the bridge. I'd expect that about 1/4 of the crew would have been awake and on their stations at the time of the collision.
Not all would be asleep, some would be on watch..
I think it was a Muslim driving the other ship....