Did you even scan the gcaptain article? The ship got written up for a deficiency: "described in detail as issues with “gauges, thermometers", and it passed a USCG followup.
You're trying to make a mountain out of what isn't even a molehill.
So a deficiency isn’t an issue in your world.
Okay.
From the article:
a deficiency related to “propulsion and auxiliary machinery.”
According to the report, the deficiency was described in detail as issues with “gauges, thermometers, etc.”