Warrant Officers on US Submarines WW II

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

I've always found the Warrant Officer somewhat confusing. I understand its a former enlisted man who specializes in one field such as this case, torpedoes, but how the fit into chain of command. Are they on the level of a Ensign or? Are they part of the wardroom or consider enlisted? Where would they fit into things on a WW II era sub?

during WWII, there were very few warrant officers in the USN and even fewer in submarine service.
historically, it has been used for specialists, specialists with high and unique skills in one specific area, whatever that area was.
so, in the case of Cisco, they had a torpedo warrant who could probably make a MK14 whistle Dixie in A-flat-minor.
there were boats here and there that probably had a sonar warrant or a gun warrant or maybe a radar warrant, but there were never very many WO.
warrants were never really part of the command structure and although they nominally out-rank chiefs, they would never be in a position to issue orders to a CPO.

since WO were rare, it is probably not appropriate to include them in a simulator such as SH4. now, having said that, this is no way a condemnation of those modders who have included WO in their mega mod.
Stock SH4 included E-8 and E-9 and there were no such ranks in the USN during WWII, so there you go.