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Platapus · 03-11-11, 09:33 AM

I am re-re-re........re reading Ed Beaches "Run Silent Run Deep" for the millionth time. What a great book!

The book opens up with Bledsoe being examined for command of the S-16. Beach describes Bledsoe as an NROTC Lieutenant. The action takes place in December 1941.

Was it common for a non-Academy officer to have a command of a submarine that early? I know that later in the war, this happened.

Was it common for NROTC grads to have command of a submarine at the start of WWII?

I can't go back to lubbing my land until I know.

03-11-11, 09:33 AM	#537
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Non Naval Academy grads as Captains of Submarines? I am re-re-re........re reading Ed Beaches "Run Silent Run Deep" for the millionth time. What a great book! The book opens up with Bledsoe being examined for command of the S-16. Beach describes Bledsoe as an NROTC Lieutenant. The action takes place in December 1941. Was it common for a non-Academy officer to have a command of a submarine that early? I know that later in the war, this happened. Was it common for NROTC grads to have command of a submarine at the start of WWII? I can't go back to lubbing my land until I know. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.