SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

• 0244 - CVN comes to all back full

• 0245 - CG sets flight quarters for helo recovery

• 0247 - CG slows to 3 knots

• 0249 - CG slows to 2 knots to open distance to CVN and regain station; CVN OOD notes closure rate on CG & orders F/L to CG “my engines are astern”

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• Nearly DIW and believing they were holding position, the CG set flight quarters diverting watch team attention from the surface plot.

• Flashing light to the CG was never received.