I have my own first-hand stories of similar events in the US Navy from back in 1994. The command staff was told that we were not allowed to discuss these matters, and D.C. swept them under the deck.
Tip: Pentagon Covering Up Fact That Female Officers Nearly Sank Navy Ship
The USS Fitzgerald after a deadly collision with a freighter in June 2017. An anonymous email came in over the transom this morning: Hi, Stacy. During the early weeks after the USS Fitzgerald was speared by a lumbering Philippine container ship, it was noteworthy that the captain and a couple of admirals were publically named, but not the actual officer in charge, the officer of the deck.