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Originally Posted by Ducimus
One thing that bears mentioning is the Do's and Don't's change based on nationality. I think the line between what is true a US Navy Submarine Captain and a Germain Uboat captain is sometimes blured.
The command structure is entirely different in a fleet boat vs a uboat. A US Navy Captain had a Fire control party, and sometimes had his exec man the periscope, who was taking the range, bearing and AOB for him while he focused on the larger picture. For a Kreigsmarine Captain, this was probably unheard of.
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On the other hand the Kriegsmarine, like the Royal Navy, had a separate Engineering section, whose officers were outside the command structure. The US Navy had junior officers assigned as division heads, and their postings changed between ships until they learned every phase of shipboard operations.
I think the duties of the captain himself were fairly similar in all navies though, regarding what he did and what he didn't do.