>"Thomas determined sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution and risk manageme

>"Thomas determined sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution and risk management could have prevented the incident," according to a 7th Fleet statement. This indicates that there was some uncertainty in the bathymetry around where the grounding occurred, annotated on a chart available to the crew.