IOWA Class Battleship Crew

karwoch · 12-04-14, 08:34 AM

Hello all! From my previous experience, this forum has members with vast knowladge of ships, not rarely bigger than game designers

I`m now designing naval tactical war game, one very important part is crew managment, as there won`t be enought crew to operate all BB`s functions.

I`ve done research on IOWA`s crew demend, found out there is 79 crew member needed for operating each main turret (source: ) and 13 people for each secondary turret (source: wiki).

But I still don`t know how many people is needed for targeting each turret (is 79 counted in, or they are separeted in fire control room?). I know each main gun can be fired separetly, so is there different person to targert for each gun?

And how it is with secondary guns?

Also, I only found there is around 20 people in engine room, but it is only estimated number. Also, there is 8 boilers, but only four of them are used in standard speed.

Edit:
I have found this beauty:
http://www.maritime.org/doc/destroye...index.htm#pg16

from that document, 5 inch gun need three person (right?) to aim:

Pointer, trainer and sight setter.

Rest besides capitan is mostly reloading crew.

So for now with my knowladge it would be:
3 targeting crew, 8 reloading crew and capitan.

If anyone have any knowladge, I do hope to create as accurate game as it is possible, but therer is so little knowladge on internet, wich I can find, and my budged (almos zero) doesn`t allow me to spend more time in library rooms unfortunatly... I really appriciate any help.

12-04-14, 08:34 AM	#1
karwoch Nub Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IOWA Class Battleship Crew Hello all! From my previous experience, this forum has members with vast knowladge of ships, not rarely bigger than game designers I`m now designing naval tactical war game, one very important part is crew managment, as there won`t be enought crew to operate all BB`s functions. I`ve done research on IOWA`s crew demend, found out there is 79 crew member needed for operating each main turret (source: ) and 13 people for each secondary turret (source: wiki). But I still don`t know how many people is needed for targeting each turret (is 79 counted in, or they are separeted in fire control room?). I know each main gun can be fired separetly, so is there different person to targert for each gun? And how it is with secondary guns? Also, I only found there is around 20 people in engine room, but it is only estimated number. Also, there is 8 boilers, but only four of them are used in standard speed. Edit: I have found this beauty: http://www.maritime.org/doc/destroye...index.htm#pg16 from that document, 5 inch gun need three person (right?) to aim: Pointer, trainer and sight setter. Rest besides capitan is mostly reloading crew. So for now with my knowladge it would be: 3 targeting crew, 8 reloading crew and capitan. If anyone have any knowladge, I do hope to create as accurate game as it is possible, but therer is so little knowladge on internet, wich I can find, and my budged (almos zero) doesn`t allow me to spend more time in library rooms unfortunatly... I really appriciate any help. Last edited by karwoch; 12-04-14 at 09:29 AM.