The USS Hartford pulls into a dock in Bahrain on March 21 after hitting another U.S. warship. Cmdr. Jane Campbell / U.S. Navy via AP file
Navy: ‘Ineffective’ Leadership In Sub Collision — MSNBC/AP
Report on March accident cites crew sleeping on watch, others studying
GROTON, Conn. – The crew aboard a U.S. submarine made dozens of errors before the vessel collided with an American warship in the Persian Gulf, an accident that exposed lax leaders who tolerated sleeping, slouching and a radio room rigged with music speakers, a Navy review found.
Navy investigators placed blame for the March collision on the submarine’s “ineffective and negligent command leadership,” including what they called a lack of standards and failure to adequately plan for crossing the busy Strait of Hormuz.
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