revision preference src: Captain James Lawrence was wounded, and Lt. Cox took him below deck. All other officers had been seriously wounded or killed, so Captain's incapacitation left Lt. Cox, the senior non-wounded Lt. Cox, the ship's commanding Lt. Cox. <SEP> tgt: Captain James Lawrence was wounded, and Lt. Cox took him below deck. However, all other officers had been seriously wounded or killed, so Lawrence's incapacitation left Cox, the senior non-wounded officer, the ship's commanding officer.