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Originally Posted by ET2SN
That does bring up a good point. 
I see this a lot in vids for naval and submarine games:
"Helm, steer course 052"
"Helm, aye"
You have to understand just how P.O.'d an OOD would have to be with a Helmsman to give that order. 
It is a valid order, but you would never give it. It would be like saying "steer course 302.779835".
Carry on..  |
It must be more than 40 years ago by now.
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it isn't 40 years ago but more like 30 years-Sorry
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What I remember is that you say a degree with words like 000=North, 005 North, by North by East North and 010
I also remember my father saying to me..You better learn it before summer, because I'm going to use it. It was thereafter we had this discussion.
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