I was only Seaman 1st still training for Radioman when I got out forty years ago, so there are a lot more people around here qualified (sorry) to answer that than I am. But...
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Originally Posted by sub_nuc_108
I have POs without any quals: was it realistic that they could earn a new qual during a single 20 day patrol in 1939? How often would officers earn new quals? I currently have three officers qualified helmsman and one qualified watch.
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My question is, is there such a thing as an
unqualified petty officer? My understanding is that you don't advance to that level until you have actually become adept in your assigned position. I therefore give all of my POs a skill right off the bat.
Just the opposite of yourself, I have three officers with Watch quals, and consider them my 1WO, 2WO and Obersteuerman (Navigator), and treat them as such. My LI (Chief engineer) comes already qualified in Repair, and I have a fifth, and junior, officer to whom I gave a Machinist rating. I probably should have waited in his case, and will do so in the future.
All that said, I don't know what the actuality was, or is. I'm just assuming several things based on what I think I've read.
