After the Japanese planes attacked the yacht, USN protocol would be to fire on them so as to prevent a second attack as had happened. Capt. Yelland was derelict in his duty by failing to order the Zeros splashed after the first attack. He failed to do so even after the second attack that destroyed the yacht. In reality, once the planes fired on an American vessel, the Tomcats would have splashed them.
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