Well, it would appear to be really just "no crew" for the deck gun if I continue with "Patrol 3A" - the gun is there mounted at the stern and I can still fire it manually. I could just stick out the rest of the patrol (and possibly career) that way until the next refit and see what happens. I don't use the gun a whole lot, although at the end of my last patrol I did conduct attacks on three ships with it after I had expended all my torpedoes. The only part I don't like about manually using the deck gun is if I have to switch out of the station for a moment (to check range for example) then you have to start the whole aim/elevation process all over again every time you jump back in. I put some guys with very high "guns" skills in there between patrols to see how they would do f I just gave the order and had them handle it - but now they're gone! Maybe I'll go that route and just try it for the sake of answering the question, after all I've already spent the time to actually get to the patrol area (and taken like 100 screenshots along the way to "document" my journey). And if I fail horribly..... I have an "alternate life" in reserve!
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