1WO means...

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

The table at the link shows the rank of Fähnrich zur See falling between the NCO ranks of Obermaat and Feldwebel; Oberfähnrich zur See falls in between the NCO ranks of Oberfeldwebel and Stabsoberfeldwebel. This would correlate reasonably well to the position of midshipmen in the modern US Navy, which seems to be somewhere between a Warrant Officer and a Chief Warrant Officer.

Love the information you are all providing; this is a highly-educational thread.

But one point: in the modern US Navy a midshipman is most certainly not somewhere between a Warrant Officer (which the Navy does not have) and a Chief Warrant Officer.

CWOs are carefully selected from the NCO ranks because of their technical expertise, and fill positions where you want an officer and a specialist (officers are expected to be generalists). Commanders love them, the NCOs and sailors love them. Junior officers don't much like them, but if they are smart they can gain a lot of knowledge.

Midshipmen are, as others have pointed out, simply officer candidates. I say "simply" because they have no function except to watch and learn. And they are not even saluted by sailors and NCOs (whereas a CWO certainly is).

So the juxtaposition on the chart is unfortunate -- the two classes have (in modern navies) nothing to do with one another.

Anyway, a digression that has little to do with the game.