I've had part of this problem with my GW 1.0 installation - I get the same error message and the crew refuses to bring in the aft externals unless I also put some folks in the bow torpedo room for some reason. However, once I do that (putting men in both rooms) I have always been able to go ahead and finish the process of bringing the aft external torps on board - I've never had them get stuck during the process, unless my men have gotten too tired, in which case I've been able to fix it by rotating fresher crewmen into the torp rooms from the other stations. Not sure what could be causing the process to get stuck like that - hope someone else here can sort it out for you.
Good luck!
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