Depends on how bad the leaks under the waterline are.
What I'm seeing is a bunch of crumpled hull, but not any critical structural damage; it will take longer to refurbish the flooded berthing compartments than to actually patch the hull.
Sadly, that CO's carreer is OVER. Doesn't matter if the board of Inquiry finds him not at fault, the navy's never going to give him another command.
All of which reminds me of a very OLD (though updated slightly) Navy joke:
"Dammit, I'm a CARRIER, and I have the right of way! Adjust your course NOW"
"And I'm a Lighthouse. Your call..."
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
What I'm seeing is a bunch of crumpled hull, but not any critical structural damage; it will take longer to refurbish the flooded berthing compartments than to actually patch the hull.
Sadly, that CO's carreer is OVER. Doesn't matter if the board of Inquiry finds him not at fault, the navy's never going to give him another command.
All of which reminds me of a very OLD (though updated slightly) Navy joke:
"Dammit, I'm a CARRIER, and I have the right of way! Adjust your course NOW"
"And I'm a Lighthouse. Your call..."
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children