There were suggestions of negligence on the part of the ship's captain, who didn't turn the ship around. But nothing can be confirmed before the conclusion of our investigation.

There is a ship afloat without a captain,

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

It's the right thing to do. He is the captain of the ship and it needs to be said. Somebody has to stand up and say what needs to be said.

The most important consideration in this matter was that Cmdr. Waddle was the captain of the ship, that the rest of the submarine force is watching him, his peers are watching him, guys who may be in his shoes in the future are watching him, and it was the right thing to do for those reasons.

In order to avoid shipwreck, wise people usually appoint one captain to navigate the ship.