The captains of those two destroyers that were involved in collisions maybe should have done a little more micromanaging.
What are you supposed to do if you are the captain of a cruiser and you get a crew of incompetent fuckups who are borderline insubordinate? Just say WTF and let them run into other ships so they don't give you a bad review?
Bottom line, we don't know what was happening on this cruiser. A bunch of complaining malcontents does not mean the captain is Cap. Bligh any more than a big demo on the Mall means Trump is unfit to hold office.
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The captain is expected to provide leadership and training -- he is responsible for training officers and crew members to be effective in their jobs without micro-managing. If one or more crew members are complete screw-ups then the job of the captain is to be sure they are managed out of the navy and are never placed in a position that can do harm to the ship or crew members.
The captains of the ships in this thread failed to do any of the above --- and are therefore responsible for the problems with their ships.
