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Offline AKKuya

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Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
« on: June 15, 2016, 05:38:05 AM »
Seems like on a present day US Navy CVN, there are more O-6 grade Captains on one ship. How does that ship stay afloat wit all that brass?

CO - Captain
XO - Captain
CAG - Captain
Deputy CAG - Captain
CMO - Captain
Chief Engineer - Captain

That is 6 for the carrier. I read that there could be a couple more department heads also a full Captain.  Plus, once at sea, the Admiral's staff has 2 to 3 more Captains.



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Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2016, 07:51:12 AM »
See Rule #4
« Last Edit: June 15, 2016, 10:24:50 AM by Skuzzy »
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Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2016, 08:46:13 AM »
They specialize. There's a captain for turning right, turning left, forward, full ahead, back, port captain, open sea captain, big-o-waves captain, wedeepshiat captain ...  :old:
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Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2016, 09:11:47 AM »
Supposedly there's a Captain also in the fine dining mess...
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Offline icepac

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Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2016, 06:57:25 PM »
Crew of 5000 on the USS Ronald Reagan.

Captain density is pretty low, actually.
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