Yep, but that freeze is limited with more training, and mixed watches when teh newbs have to be rotated in for the real thing so the "hold my beer" guys aren't outnumbered 10 to 1 by the frozen folks.
I don't think the senior watch team had their st either, or the orders to prepare to take manual control of the steering and propulsion system aft would have immediately been out.
Also it makes little sense that lookouts who calculated cpa at collision weren't raising the alarm. These guys who I had to do their job for them: I got them removed, and tried to get them off our boat. They were fine people but they were a danger to us.
UI doesn't cover mass confusion -> panic over critical loss of control that had NOT been lost. They heard hoofbeats and decided it was zebras, not horses.
LOK = Level of knowledge?
BMOW = Boatswain's Mate Of the Watch
ST = ? Not "Subject to" or "Such that" as I've seen.
CPA = Collision Prevention Assist in automotive systems, but maybe not here?
CPA = closest point of approach.
CPA is calculated for anything close ahead of time, but only if both you and another ship are moving in a straight line. Which the McCain wasn't.