Damon Agretto wrote:
So it wasn't that he had the bad luck to hit an uncharted undersea
mountain in an area that was supposed to be charted. Rather, he was
going at a reckless speed in uncharted waters?
Probably, or at least that's my interpretation. Really a combination of
both, though (bad luck in that the sea mound was uncharted, but reckless
because he was going 30+kts in an incompletely charted region). But even
if it wasn't the captain (say the XO decided to do some high speed
drills), the Captain would still be responsible. Even if he wasn't in
command, he's still in Command.
I'm not sure if anyone's seen the pictures, but they're here:
http://www.navy.mil/view_gallery.asp?category_id=17
What's amazing to me is how high the damage goes -- practically all the
way to the deck.
Dave
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