I wrote out a long reply regarding officers and men only to get a 'Can't display the page' message. I took a break and got back online only to find the post I was responding to deleted. No problem, since you figured out the answer yourself.
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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
The guys in MY radio room are qualified NCOs, yes indeed. I can't really remember being given a crew where the radioroom was not occupied by two NCOs but if was I'd just switch people around so I had two in there, and then give them both Radioman quals when we returned to port.
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I usually keep one radio-qualified PO and one rating (common sailor) in the radio room, and switch them out every four hours, so I have two qualified radiomen total. In the control room I have a helm-qualified PO in the standing position and two ratings at the planes. I keep several qualified machinists rotating through the engine room. I've already listed my officers.
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(This deviates a bit from standard practice in the Kriegsmarine, where IIRC the head navigator was typically not a commissioned officer but a senior NCO who also functioned as the third watch officer. The first and second watch officers would be commissioned line officers and second/third in line of command after the commander himself.)
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I know
Das Boot is hardly history, but the officer characters serve to help explain. Of course Der Alte is the captain, and holds the rank of Kapitanleutnant. The Chief was an Oberleutnant, as was the nazi 1WO. 2WO (the joker) was a Leutnant. Kriechbaum, the Obersteuerman (Navigator) was an Oberfanrich, which is somewhat akin to an Ensign, and Ulmann, the boy with the French girlfriend, was a Fanrich, or Cadet Officer, on his first cruise.
On my boat the Repair-trained Oberleutnant is the LI, and always goes in the left slot, so he's always the guy standing at the front of the control room. The leutnant with the cap is my 1WO, and in combat he is always in the right-side control room slot, which puts him at the attack desk. The other leutnant is my 2WO, and he is mainly part of the watch rotation, but in a surface attack he is always on the bridge. I know the 1WO would do that in real life, but he can't be the game's WE from there. I give one oberfanrich a Watch qual also, and he and the two leutnants rotate through the watch and control positions every four hours. The other oberfanrich is either Machine or Torpedo qualified, and goes to the proper place in combat. Normally he acts as assistant Engineer and relief for the LI.
Anal? Me? No way!