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I’m not a sub commander, and to the best of my knowledge, no one on the thread is. Decisions made were made by a professional and his team and I see no reason to second guess them at the time. If you’ve been talking with US submariners, I presume they are nukes which could have a different set of answers to a given problem then what a diesel sub would do. This is much like people chiming in on an aircraft accident. Even though they don’t have the specialized knowledge needed, don’t know the circumstances involved, they have to chime in based on possessing a pilots license.