Finally, someone that is talking sense here. There was no drugs, quickies or alcohol involved. Can I explain this? Ummm...no. But some of the nonsense posted here is insane.
Based on current evidence, the USN ship was at fault. It’s been 30 years since my OOD days, but the failure on so many levels is mind boggling .
I’m sure this container ship was tracked for miles by multiple people both on the bridge AND in CIC; the CO, whose at sea stateroom was like 5 feet away from the bridge should have been notified many miles out when the contact became CBDR. The lookouts are just that...look outs. they have no bearing on the ships reaction to their reports to the bridge.
It is so strange that I’m gonna wait until the Navy’s investigation is complete and reported...because I cannot explain this at all.
Oh come on, buzzkill, that idiot posting about EMP should have been encouraged just for the hilarity factor.........
Of course, most of us have no choice to wait. But we can certainly have an educated and reasonable discussion about the facts that ARE known to us presently. When a report is issued, we might find a real "ah ha!" moment, or a sequence of steps that led to this unfortunate event.
Freeper rlmorel offered an explanation that this ship may have been doing the mundane, perhaps month 5 of a 6-month cruise. The OOD might've known the CIC watch officer--perhaps their wives hung out together, maybe their families had barbecues or picnics together; they trusted each other to take action, or tell the other if they were in danger. Maybe the OOD had just been reamed out by the Skipper for something on his fitness report, and was reluctant to wake the Captain for something that the OOD was supposed to do on his own. Catastrophes at sea rarely happen in one, giant mishap, but more so a series of unfortunate events.
See my post at 272...