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Originally Posted by Jten
The Gunnery Rating among the Torpedo mates is a little due to the game mechanics and helps to reflect that the boat's weapons were under the control of 'ordnance' and both torpedo rooms and surface weapons were primarily manned by them. Consider them to be Torpedo mates with extra deck weapons training.
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Well, not quite.
To expand on what I wrote above, almost every American sub during the war had two Gunner's Mates among the crew's complement (bigger boats like the V-boats had more). Typically it was a PO2 and a PO3, but I've seen rosters with a PO1 and/or a CPO.