 Many Japanese, including government officials, were concerned over news that civilians were present in "Greeneville"'s control room at the time of the accident.Some expressed anger because of a perception that the submarine did not try to assist "Ehime Maru" survivors and that the submarine's captain, Commander Scott Waddle, did not apologize immediately afterwards.The USN conducted a public court of inquiry, placed blame on Waddle and other members of "Greeneville"s crew, and dealt non-judicial punishment or administrative disciplinary action to the captain and some crew members.