 However , Hubbard fell out with a senior officer at the shipyard and sent a critical memorandum to the Vice @-@ Chief of Naval Operations ( VCNO ) in Washington , D.C. The Commandant of the Navy Yard responded on 25 September 1942 by informing the VCNO that , in his view , Hubbard was " not temperamentally fitted for independent command " and requesting that Hubbard be removed and ordered to " other duty under immediate supervision of a more senior officer . " Hubbard duly lost his command on October 1 , 1942 and was ordered to New York , ending his service in the Atlantic . 
