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Originally Posted by WhiskeyBravo
Thanks Warhawk, for some reason I thought the usual complement was 60, not sure where I got that from but there you go. Was 70 a 'standard' complement for US subs then? Was this a laid down number for sub ops and did this not vary with different sub types?
I've just started reading Silent Victory so hopefully my knowledge of US sub ops will grow as I play this game. 
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It depends greatly upon which boat....
This site,
http://www.valoratsea.com/boats.htm
lists the S class at crew 38 and the Gato at crew 85.
A lot of ships sailed shorthanded though.
Also, as to losses - many men were lost without the loss of the boat, which also skews the usefulness of the average crew size derived from it.
I tend to sail with 1 short in all torp room shifts, but with a full DC crew. I fill torp rooms and gun crews as needed from DC.