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>The "similar size" ship dropped from 333 crew to 221 crew. The ratio of enlisted to officers on a specific ship class can be misleading because there will alw
by hudibras 10y ago
>The "similar size" ship dropped from 333 crew to 221 crew.
The ratio of enlisted to officers on a specific ship class can be misleading because there will always be a certain number of positions on any warship which will require officers: 1 commanding officer, 1 executive officer, 1 chief engineer, 2 or more other department heads, etc. In effect, there is a "floor" on the wardroom size.
For an example going the other direction, U.S. aircraft carriers have a total ship's company of around 3,200, with about 80 of those being officers, for a 40:1 ratio.
- Y201K 10y agoJSYK, Nimitz-class carriers have at least 200 officers, which gives a 16:1 ratio, but as far as I know this doesn't include officers from the air wings (which makes sense, since they have less of a "managerial / college graduate" type job. The math surrounding the 40:1 ratio obviously doesn't work out though, because an aircraft carrier is definitely at least 4x bigger and more complex than a DDG, which has around that number of officers. Source: was on DDG. Looked up Nimitz-class numbers 'cause it seemed low (I know you weren't referring specifically to that type of ship)