> On the night of the accident, there was only one person qualified to be a lookout, That ship was therefore not fit for duty. Not that that would take a ship

> On the night of the accident, there was only one person qualified to be a lookout, That ship was therefore not fit for duty. Not that that would take a ship out of service, these days. They're probably all more or less unfit for duty, based on this and other articles about the same incidents. Former enlisted Navy, decades ago, made three Western Pacific deployments in and around the area of the article's concern. Not a subject matter expert, and probably never was.