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Title: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
Post by: AKKuya 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.

Title: Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
Post by: Masherbrum on June 15, 2016, 07:51:12 AM

See Rule #4

Title: Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy 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:

Title: Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
Post by: Bizman on June 15, 2016, 09:11:47 AM

Supposedly there's a Captain also in the fine dining mess...

Title: Re: Captains on an Aircraft Carrier
Post by: icepac on June 15, 2016, 06:57:25 PM

Crew of 5000 on the USS Ronald Reagan.

Captain density is pretty low, actually.