Do my direct actions add to crew's skills?

[joea]

Originally Posted by MikeJW

Skippers made 5-9 patrols, average patrol was around 3 months. They would be taken off line and spend a year or so in a safer enviroment as instructors or shaking down a new sub. A lot made it back for a second tour but the USN didnt expect and didnt need their skippers to serve all war in command. The Germans had no choice.

Wrong German skippers didn't stay out the whole war either.