**Standing orders** in the Navy are for someone to keep a watch out the bridge windows at all times while underway. The problem isn’t the technology.
“The problem isn’t the technology.”
No tech on board. Chief with one hour of instruction in Charge of watch quals.
.……….absolutely correct! I’ve said this before so I will be brief this time. I’ve stood on the bridge of the USS Haynesworth (circa 1967) when she was underway in congested waters. Sometimes I was manning the radar and sometimes I was a LOOKOUT. EVERYBODY that was on that bridge breathing was LOOKING OUTWARD and NOBODY was screwing around, no horseplay, no jokes, NOTHING but absolute concentration and quiet. If that SAME situation had been prevalent on the night in question Technology would not have mattered!