Crew Questions

[Captain Birdseye]

Hi guys,

I use SH3 with GWX 3.0 and SH3 Commander. I'm currently in 1940 with a VIIA u-boat.

What's the most realistic way of approaching crew turn arounds in dock? Usually I like to keep the same crews. Seems quite a lucky charm for me, but what do you guys think? How did they really do it throughout the war?

[A Very Super Market]

Doesn't SH3 commander move random crew members around for you?

In any case, simulating the real transfer of crew members would be the constant rotation of high-ranking crew members in and out. For their class, that is. Can't have a sub crewed entirely by chief seamen can you?

[owner20071963]

A good idea is to start your career
with a less experienced crew,
this way your crew will grow with you,
as your career develops :salute:

[Captain Birdseye]

Thank you guys.

I guess the most realistic way of doing this would be to transfer crew out when they are promoted to a new rank?

It certainly must've made a u-boat an odd place to be, not having the same crew patrol after patrol

[Torplexed]

Thank you guys.

I guess the most realistic way of doing this would be to transfer crew out when they are promoted to a new rank?

It certainly must've made a u-boat an odd place to be, not having the same crew patrol after patrol

Not really that odd when you consider that the U-Boat force went from a handful of boats in 1939 to about 300 by 1943. That meant experienced officers with a few patrols under their belts were almost always in demand to skipper the new boats and experienced mechanics, technicians and torpedo men to provide a nucleus for a new crew. The American sub fleet in the Pacific went through similar growing pains but wasn't quite as elite a force to begin with.

[Captain Birdseye]

Does crew experience have any impact in SH3?

I think i'll swap the officers around every 2 patrols, the petty officers every 3 and the sailors every 4....