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What does the captain call the First Watch Officer? Number 1? First Watch? By rank?
Posted by: jwmlex53 ()
Date: January 19, 2021 09:30PM

I am writing a novel and need to use the correct language for how the captain of a U-boat would address the First Watch Officer. I thought it was "Number One". But several posters say that is for the Bosun. In the English version of the script for DAS BOOT he is called "First Watch."

(Note: This was also posted by mistake in the Movie and Film forum.)

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