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The U.S. Navy's $100M checkbox (2019)
wo years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision.
Presumably, the big red button might initiate additional emergency functions, perhaps sending a radio message to nearby ships that the boat was in distress, but my research has not verified this assumption. The 177 page Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents(CRR) comes closest to acknowledging the important role design plays in ship safety. The best it can come up with is, “the user interface of the bridge’s central navigation control systems certainly played a role.” This writer wants to talk about UI but doesn’t have the vocabulary or design literacy to follow through.
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