El Cid said:
He went to an ADM's board and got sacked. From what I heard from guys that served with him in the past and on that particular tour was that he acted like a cowboy. He wasn't a team player and was trying to show off. In the process he violated about a dozen safety rules and disregarded his enlisted crew's warnings just so he could show off for the civilians that were crammed into the CON.
There are always two sides to the story. I talked to a pair of guys who served on the ship TAD and they both said it was one of the tightest and happiest ships they had been on, and the Captain was one of the more professional guys they had worked with. With that said, basic safety and surfacing procedures were not followed for the surfacing. The Captain retired and went to Japan to apologize to the families, a very important thing over there.
It wasn't just any old fishing boat too, it was a high school ship. I can't think of a worse ship to run into. The Navy, along with the Japanese Navy, actually salvaged the ship (it was called the Ehime Maru) to recover the bodies but left the ship on the bottom. One of the most difficult salvage operations ever. Shows you the importance in which we hold our alliance with Japan. Here is a link:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/22/ln/ln04a.html
As for the Captain being relieved, maybe the Army could learn something from it. In my opinion, they should relieve everyone who was in charge at Abu Grahib, from the Company commander to the Battalion commanders all the way up to the people in charge of the prisons.