Canadian River Class Destroyer Megathread

[Navy_Pete]

It's funny/disappointing because, I would have been happy to give a tour and explanation of ops to any cook, storesy, bosn, stoker, etc. if they wanted to come check out Ops.

On the flip side, plenty of people in ops that have also never checked out the galleys, storerooms or machinery rooms, which is awesome when they are going in there for the first time to fight a fire.

One of the fun things of being the Engineer that I got to every space onboard during normal rounds, and would usually end up chatting to people and asking them stuff like that, so got a pretty good idea of the whole ship operation.

 

[GR66]

On the flip side, plenty of people in ops that have also never checked out the galleys, storerooms or machinery rooms, which is awesome when they are going in there for the first time to fight a fire.

One of the fun things of being the Engineer that I got to every space onboard during normal rounds, and would usually end up chatting to people and asking them stuff like that, so got a pretty good idea of the whole ship operation.

I'm surprised that an orientation tour isn't standard for a crew member's first shipboard assignment.

 

[Lumber]

I'm surprised that an orientation tour isn't standard for a crew member's first shipboard assignment.

That is actually surprising.

A a junior officer, regardless of trade, the first thing you do when you get aboard is start working toward your "Officer of Day" qualification. I remember by boss, the NavO, telling us one of those first few days to "Go wander the ship and try and get lost, and once you're lost, try and find your way out. Go literally everywhere." You find there are places up ladders you never would think existed when you take that approach, but it certainly helped us learn and memorize the layout of the ship.