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Originally Posted by tater
Yeah, this is awesome. We need to get some plain text guidelines for how many guys to transfer, etc.
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The mandatory replacement of 1/3 of the crew after each patrol wasn't always followed, at least up to mid-1942. Samuel Eliot Morison writes in Volume 4 of his
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II:
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Comsubpac planned to relieve one third of each crew after each patrol, but many skippers and thier men were reluctanct to comply. The men would volunteer to stay in a boat they knew, and one which would eventually get a Stateside overhaul; the skippers natually liked to keep trained sailors.
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So, at least early on, I would say something less than 1/3, say, somewhere around 1/10 might be more realistic.