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Back to the original topic... Being visually "impaired" myself, I had this same question several years ago. Simply, yes there was a vision requirement. And it is rather obvious why, in light of the reasons some of the other posters have detailed.

Even a light drizzle on my glasses obstructs my vision considerably. Imagine what a disaster it would be to place a bespectacled sailor on the bridge during a storm. Glasses = instantly wet and foggy. Not to mention the chances of the darn things slipping off.

frau kaleun, I recall the exact article you are referring to in your first post. I had a go at locating it myself, but to no avail.

Now, as to why a mechanic (who does not go on watch) would need to meet the requirements regarding visual acuity. I don't know. I am guessing that these rules were part, and perhaps still are, of the bureaucratic shuffle to enlist or join in certain institutions. As with everything, I am certain that there were individuals who slipped through the cracks, but their visual impairment would have had to have been minor of course.

But would not water spray also affect the use of binoculars?

Now the problem may be with people wearing glasses AND trying to use binoculars. I wear glasses and I have a very hard time using binoculars.

You might just have to stay below decks for "special duty".....At least if I were Kaluen.












I meant duty as the hydrophone officer as that position does not need distance vision



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Platapus, yes. Binoculars were/are somewhat useless during very poor weather conditions. But, its better than nothing I suppose.

And I have the same trouble with binoculars. Frustrating.

He would've had to meet the reqs when enlisting, at which point there was probably no way to know for sure what jobs he'd be doing on a vessel somewhere down the line or whether he'd even have the aptitude to be trained as a technical specialist. During his initial training period, surely he'd need to be physically able to do any job the navy required of its sailors.

I think the difference between binocs and glasses is that, if you are using binocs (but don't need glasses) and have to stop and clean them, you can still see perfectly well with just your eyes even if you don't have the binocs to magnify things for you. You don't lose your normal visual acuity just by lowering the binocs. You lose range/magnification only.

You can also hand off the compromised binocs to someone else and use a cleaner pair while the dirty ones are taken care of, without compromising the watch at all.

But if you need glasses for 20/20 vision and have to take them off to clean them, you no longer have normal visual acuity at any range. And it's not like there are several other pairs of glasses on board with identical prescription lenses that you can use instead while the dirty ones are being cleaned up.

I'm lazy and didnt read the whole thread, so my apologies if this has been said already (hey, +1 to me, what do I care! :DL).

I cant recall where I heard/read about this (I think it was some doc about Wehrmacht and some guy wanted to serve in the navy, but couldnt get in because of his sight), anywho before/early war you had to have perfect sight to get to the Kriegsmarine (not just Ubootwaffe), but as the war progressed, the requirements were lowered significantly.

Now I know why your not acceptable to your army.

It's not the fact you've got a dodgy knee but more due to the fact your vision has become impaired as a result of all those hand exercises :D

They were willing to forgive my vision, but they said that all the hair growing in my palms would freeze during the winter and my hand might get stuck to the RK's metal parts. :-?

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