[QUOTE=Kennebec Captain;163061]To insure safety at sea, the best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for good seamanship, self-reliance, and sense of ultimate responsibility which are the first requisites in a seaman and naval officer.
~Admiral Chester W. Nimitz[/QUOTE]
God Bless the good Admiral…
I don’t give Chester Nimitz enough praise here instead giving it all to Bill Halsey who while a true fighting admiral and an irrasible character had his lapses of judgement. Nimitz on the otherhand was the cool head behind the USN’s campaign to victory in the Pacific.