But if it leads to them not being able to steer through a busy area in peacetime where thousands of ships go through every day (many larger than this destroyer)

But if it leads to them not being able to steer through a busy area in peacetime where thousands of ships go through every day (many larger than this destroyer), this clearly failed. With this happening I'm not sure if they would've reacted better if they had suddenly been under enemy attack. Would they've been less confused then?