I can understand why Leahy and Roosevelt chuckle about their own ship being “sunk” from under them in these exercises, but I would bet that behind the scenes this would be very alarming at least to the admiral. The command ship and the central control point was wiped out at the onset of the attacks thus cutting the head off the operations. Not a good thing and a fine example as too how dangerous air power is to naval fleets when properly employed.
I wonder if either the ship’s captain or the subs captain suffered any repercussions.