Does it affect the watch? I don't think I've experienced that.
What I've observed is that basically if you have all battle stations manned (deck gun and AA) and dive even though the graphics do not show the crew there the computer still thinks they are and those guys are the first to die in a depth charge attack.
Hogan's ally makes it so you can put those guys somewhere safe. Now you can click the "man your battle stations button" and even though your underwater the computer won't think the guns are manned.
The alternative is to not man battle stations underwater and thus the deck guns won't be manned. However, that means the crew won't be as efficient at all their other tasks.
I'm not presenting myself as the definitive source on this. Just stating what I've observed.
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