Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
Don't we build and man ships for war with a damage vulnerability assessment. I just don' understand how a navy ship that large can be lost. Was a civilian crew in charge or do we also have the navy manning the ship under their control?
One answer seems to be the report that there were only about 160 crew on board:
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...ort-san-diego/
You'd also assume, in any case, that damage control parties, and especially those in command of them, would have different priorities and risk-assessments alongside, compared to at sea in combat.