OPINIONS OF THE MIB

• CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

  • AN ACCURATE DRT PLOT WAS BEING MAINTAINED IN CIC; THE INFORMATION WAS NEITHER EVALUATED NOR DISSEMINATED
    • “THE BRIDGE ASKED FOR NOTHING AND GOT WHAT THEY ASKED FOR” - CICWO
  • FLANK SPEED (25 KTS) AFTER DARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAIT
  • CO OFF THE BRIDGE; THE OOD DID NOT CALL THE CO IAW STANDING ORDERS, NIGHT ORDERS, OR WHEN IN DOUBT
  • THE SHIP WAS NOT ORGANIZED FOR SUCCESS

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AN INTERESTING QUOTE FROM THE CIC WATCH OFFICER. THIS WAS THIS OFFICER’S SECOND WATCH AS CICWO IN INGERSOLL.

CO OBVIOUSLY OFF THE BRIDGE LONGER THAN HE EXPECTED.

DURING OPEN OCEAN TRANSITS THE COMMAND HAD INSTITUTED A CDO U/W. IN PRACTICE, THE CDO RECEIVED ALL ROUTINE CALLS NORMALLY RECEIVED BY THE CO WRT MANEUVERING THE SHIP TO AVOID CONTACTS. WHILE THE CDO WATCH WAS NOT IN PLACE DURING THE MALACCA TRANSIT, IT WAS CONSIDERED A PROXIMATE CAUSE BY THE MIB BECAUSE THE OOD’S WERE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO CALLING THE CO WHEN REQUIRED.

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