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Old 08-23-05, 07:59 PM   #15
Beery
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Originally Posted by BladeHeart
I find the absence of a qualified engineer or machinist as the Engineering officer curious. Given that in reality the officer would apparently be a leutnant or oberleutnant (spelling )...
The LI was the engineering officer, but he would not usually be found in the engine rooms, which is why he has no engine room qualification in RUb. In "Neither Sharks nor Wolves", Timothy Mulligan writes:

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"Entrusting the routine operation of the engine spaces to his subordinates, the LI spent most of his time in and around the control room."
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