I assume that if you encounter aircraft that you're going to dive, unless something prevents you from doing so. That something could be moving torpedoes from external storage to internal area.
If I were the captain, I would man every gun I had–deck gun included. As I play the game, however, I will tell you that I normally head full speed away from the planes. This seems to give my anti-aircraft guys more time to line up a reasonable shot on them as well as putting the crew in a good firing position against the plane. As such, the deck gun wouldn't work for me at all.
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