Notice USS Port Royal wouldn't have grounded even with all those failures/issues of inexperienced crew, sleep deprived captain, misred equipment, if they they just didn't get close to the shore at evening time.

And the USS Port Royal got close to the shore ONLY because they wanted to let those contractors return to their hotel.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29065902/ns/us_news-military/t/nav...

The article doesn't say anything about contractors wanting to play golf but I"m telling you I read it in the local press.

And yes, the captain simply could've have said no and told the contractors to stuff it. But he didn't for whatever reason.