And the USN's response to these collisions? Fire the admiral ...
U.S. Navy to relieve admiral of command after collisions
...
pour encourager les autres, no doubt.
(
Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – "in this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others" – Voltaire,
Candide, referring to
Admiral Byng.)