[ARC5] command set trivia

[Gary Pewitt]

There can only be -one- Captain on a Navy ship.  Any visiting officer 
with the rank of captain would be addressed as Comodore.


On 10/11/2013 2:25 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> In the Navy, "Captain" is both a rank and a position.
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> Captain is usually the rank of the commanding officer (Captain) of major capital ships.
> Technically, any officer below the rank of Captain could be the "Captain" of a smaller ship.
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> I suppose that probably a "cruiser" would probably have either a Commander or Lt Commander as its "Captain" with Lt Commander for "Captain" of destroyers and ships of like size.
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> Basically, the smaller the ship (or boat) the lower the rank of its "Captain."  Lieutenants were frequently the "Captain" on PT Boats and other small vessels.
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>> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:20:56 -0700
>> From: coolbrucelong at yahoo.com
>> To: gewhite at crosslink.net; ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] command set trivia
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>> It seems strange to me a naval officer in 1938-39 would move from being the inspector of an important but still very small defense contractor right into command of a capital ship.
>> Not saying it is not true but what am I missing here?  I understand the US military was very small pre-war but IIRC the naval buildup preceded Pearl Harbor by a couple of years.
>> Was Van Valkenburgh possibly a captain on the US Arizona but not the commanding officer?
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>> Can anybody shed any light on this?
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>> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:05 PM, Gordon White <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:
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>> When I was researching the Command Sets I found one Franklin Van
>> Valkenburgh, Capt., USN,  was the Inspector of Naval Material in New
>> York, in 1938-39, responsible for Aircraft Radio Corp production. (this
>> research was in the 1960s) As was my practice, I attempted to locate
>> Capt. Van Valkenburgh in case he might add to my knowledge.
>> Unfortunately, his next assignment was as commanding officer of the USS
>> Arizona.......
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>>    - Gordon White
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