FILE DETAILS
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CREW LIST TAB
When starting a career, add the necessary petty officers and sailors to meet the numbers in the file. Then start and immediately end your first patrol in port. This allows you to launch SH3Commander again and select Manage Your Crew, where you can go through and assign your men the qualifications as listed on the Crew List. Fill in the crew’s names as well on the Crew List. Note that you can even assign qualifications to sailors with SH3C - this has no impact on the game but makes tracking who’s who substantially easier.
Now, when relaunching SH3 via SH3C, transfers may occur (be sure to select realistic crew transfers in the SH3C options)! Thus you may be leaving port with an unqualified man - that’s ok, update your Crew List for any gaps by putting him where needed and you’ll know what to give him when you return.
The Crew List tab also includes notes for each crewmember explaining where they sleep, where their duty station and possibly battle station is. These are also indicated elsewhere throughout the file.
WATCHES TAB
This tab breaks your crew down into the watch system by branch - seamen’s and technicians’, showing who stands each watch with a picture of the relevant compartment. Don’t worry about the times on this tab - they are listed there for reference. Use the Key Times tab to guide yourself through the watch changes themselves.
KEY TIMES TAB
This will be your most heavily-referenced tab. This tab shows the times at which men are moving around. Note the time and then place the indicated individuals at their relevant duty stations. Take your time and be patient! Moving men around will become second nature. Coming out of time compression to do so also affords you the opportunity to take a look around on the bridge, update your logbook if you are keeping one, and I feel it helps with the weather transition in game. Besides, you will find you develop a bit of a connection with your crew as you spend the time in the F7 screen, and it gives you something to do/manage.
SURFACED NORMAL TAB
This shows the placement of the crew during normal, non-combat surface travel.
SURFACED BATTLE STATIONS (TORPEDO)
This shows the placement of the crew during a surfaced torpedo attack.
SURFACED BATTLE STATIONS (GUN)
This shows the placement of the crew during a deck gun attack.
SURFACED BATTLE STATIONS (FLAK)
This shows the placement of the crew during a flak attack.
SUBMERGED BATTLE STATIONS
This shows the placement of the crew during a submerged attack or depth charge pursuit.