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Originally Posted by Bosje

thanks for that clear explanation

so some remaining questions:
-i have some repair qualified guys on the watch crew, as they are the easiest choice for dc, is that very unrealistic?

-would the dc instead always come out of the engine room?

All of the crew were expected to contribute to damage control, so any crewmen with a good Mechanical rating is certainly realistic. Remember that a lot of these men grew up in rural/agricultural areas, which rely heavily on manual labor and farming machinery. American military equipment was pretty much always designed to be "repair-friendly" in the field.

same for torpedoes, room gets flooded easily, good idea to have mechanics in there?

Yes, you should have men with good Guns and Mechanical skills in the torpedo rooms.