I still respect your decision, but I'll add in a little here. When you went below to "work on your reports" (check email, etc) you as Kaleun would have turned over the con to the OOD - presuming you DID leave an Officer on the bridge. He would have reacted to the situation, and in all probability avoided the collision. Now if it was an aircraft sinking you - DiD, the lookouts didn't spot it soon enough, or something.
And just outta curiousity - was this in shallow water (chance of that escort saving you and yer crew) or in deep water? IOW does "out to sea" mean off the continental shelf, or just outta the harbor and a wee bit more?
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