[Drew68]

>I wonder who had the deck.<

A woman. A woman also had the deck of the Deepwater Horizon when it caught on fire in the gulf. She froze up and did nothing once problems started.

You can guarantee there were several people on the bridge of both genders, officers and enlisted alike.

At 2:00 am however, it's unlikely one of them was the Captain.

[Gay State Conservative]

At 2:00 am however, it's unlikely one of them was the Captain.

I'm an old Army guy who knows nothing about the Navy.However,I'm wondering if there can be any explanation other than negligence for a collision at 0200 (I assume that's local time rather than Zulu)?

[Semper911]

The captain is still going to lose his command, and many others will get busted in rank. I don't know how you miss a 740ft cargo ship off your starboard bow. The nav lights would be distinctive and the radar image unmistakable.

I guess it's possible they had some kind of system failure, but in those cases, you just go old school and navigate the old fashioned way.

I can't think of any legit reason so many people and systems could have failed.

[Ethrane]

You can guarantee there were several people on the bridge of both genders, officers and enlisted alike.

At 2:00 am however, it's unlikely one of them was the Captain.

The Captain's stateroom at sea is immediately adjacent to the bridge. There's usually a standing order that when another ship is within a specified range AT SEA (usually the Officer of the Deck has standing orders to avoid other vessels by say 1 NM) the CO be noticed immediately. I have a sneaking suspicion the CO was injured on the flybridge while last minute trying to avoid a collision.