In the case of the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, the operator, because they were homosexual, was let off the hook for intentionally accelerating around one of the sharpest curves on the entire railway. Clearly some wacko, sick minded queer urge to act outrageous.
Likely they are in the same circumstance here — who was driving the boat? Probably not a straight white male.
Who was at the helm?
“Who was at the helm?”, most probably as sn/2c or a sn/3c
a junior enlisted non rate with at most a couple/three years in the Navy. That is who stands at the helm of Naval vessels most of the time.