I think that morale decrease is intentional. Making him talk about his violin's strings being cut is painful and reminds him of bad things.
Riposte I think is one of those abilities where you quietly take the crew member aside and whisper the secret plan to improve patriotic zeal. I don't think it was intended to be used tactically to improve reload times during the heat of battle. Not exactly something you shout during an attack "COMMENCE PROPAGANDA!" Long term "crew maintenance" options are fine to require you to leg it around the sub like the soup.
The other tactical orders like silent running should be able to be commanded remotely by telephone or mouth chain.
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