Stewart says touring ships in Buffalo gave him useful insight into damage control. Clarke recalls a live broadcast from inside USS The Sullivans that addressed inaccurate reporting about what had happened to the destroyer. Working aboard the ship with people connected to it gave the discussion a stronger basis than repeating distant summaries. Physical access, practitioner testimony, and public-history work can improve both fictional shipcraft and the interpretation of a real damage-control episode.
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Ship visits can correct damage-control reporting
A visit aboard USS The Sullivans gave Stewart practical damage-control insight and let Clarke's team challenge mistaken accounts of the ship.