Very cool - just went to look at my Kaleun's personnel file in the folder you mentioned - I tried clicking on the individual patrol links for the first time, and lo and behold, there are "real" names for all the ships I had sunk in my previous patrols
I thought that might not kick in until I finished this first patrol using SH3 Commander.
Just one question - I think I've seen a discussion about this before, but I can't remember it and can't find it again - anyway, it had to do with issues about the nationality of the ships and names. I noticed that the one warship I have sunk (a British Fiji-class light cruiser) was designated as "HMS", but all the merchants I sank (combination of British and Norwegian) were designated as "S.S." something. Is there a significance to the "S.S." prefix? I always thought that was limited to designating U.S. merchants. I assume that there should really be different prefixes for the different countries' merchants. Or is "S.S." some sort of standard German designation for merchant? (can't think of what it would stand for if that's the case)
Can SH3 Commander not distinguish between the countries of origin? If not, can this be modified in some way to just dispense with the "S.S." prefix and use only the name of the ship? It's somewhat jarring to see all these U.S.-looking ships sunk during my 1939-1940 patrols. Small point, but if it's a reasonably simple fix/change it would really add to my immersion factor.
Thanks again for all the great work
Good luck and good hunting!