The problem is the risky action may have been an additional drill earlier that required a sleep deprived watch team to stay awake and miss a hoped for extra cat

The problem is the risky action may have been an additional drill earlier that required a sleep deprived watch team to stay awake and miss a hoped for extra cat nap. It may have been the decision to qualify a marginal OOD to get the ship up to 4-section watch. It may have been the decision to not qualify a marginal OOD and stay on 3 section, or 2 section watch. And the othwrwise brilliant watch team was running ragged. It may have been a public rebuke of an OOD, or an OOD's rebuke of a lookout, that compelled someone to not speak up on that fateful night. Every option sucks. But the fact that the collision was on the Fitz's starboard side strongly suggests someone on the Fitz has some explaining to do.