Upgrades or modifications before 1st patrol?

[JScones]

Originally Posted by irish1958

Do what the real skippers did: take the boat out on a shakedown run. Put it through all it's maneuvers and test it's response. Then make port and do whatever you need to do to get ready for a 2 or 3 week patrol.

And this also works well for the "first-patrol-as-a-Leutnant" concern that so many people have. That is, you do a shakedown cruise as a humble Lt, but upon return you get your ObLt, just in time for your first "real" patrol.