I'm going to guess ship 2 was highlighted on the voyage interface and then u swapped to ship 1 in the ship-edit interface; which means it would send ship 2 even though you are looking at ship 1. I dunno but swapping the captain out then back in fixed it.
Yes they are easy to get after you unlock them. And as far as I know the Goliath Gloves are the best gloves (for melee + better than Torva gloves) in EoC but they aren't a weapon anymore. Subject to change of course, the weapon part might not be coded yet.