[Armistead]

Been awhile since I've played. As far as crew ratings, seems they rank from poor to elite, with TMO using a lot of Vets. However, most merchants are ranked competent, all of them as far as I know, with the Veteran settings used for many escorts. It's possible you were heard on passive sonar or you just left your scope up too long. I can't remember the keys that control the scope manually, not the ones that move it up and down, but the ones you can control the scope movements... I used those so when I had to raise the scope, I just broke water enough and lowered it just under the water line for my next quick look without it going totally up and down.