Anthony_B_78
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Not sure you're reading him properly.You can't compare the manning requirements for the Burkes versus the Hunter because the USN and RAN operate their ships differently. Damage Control is it's own speciality in the USN, not so in the RAN.
@Sierra Mike
Welcome to the site. You need to justify your statement that DC is not a ‘speciality’ of the RAN. DG is an important part of the operations of the RAN (as it is with most competent maritime powers) and its effectiveness relies on more than just crew numbers for all Navy’s.
Looking forward to your response.
Alexsa
He didn't say damage control is not regarded as important in the RAN; he said that in the USN they have sailors whose job is specifically damage control (a quick Google confirmed that), while our navy doesn't have that, apparently. The inference is that this helps to drive up the size of USN crews, relatively speaking. I don't know if this is true, but I could appreciate that in a behemoth organisation like the USN you could have more people employed in specific roles rather than being multiskilled. Where I would question his point is to ask why is it then that in USN ship classes that we've operated in Australia (Perths and Adelaides), have the crews been of a similar size to those employed by the USN? Or have they?
@Anthony_B_78 Ahem @alexsa is more than qualified to comment on that. He has spent the vast majority of his adult life as a seagoing branch officer in the RAN. In his various capacities he has had far more than passing acquaintances with the USN.
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