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rumrunner:

--- Quote from: Gamecock on Apr 30, 2008, 08:45 ---For the sub guys.....PPWO on a CVN is analagous to EOOW on a submarine.  You have one PPWO per plant.

EOOW on a CVN stands his watch in DC Central.  He is the senior nuke, and the PPWOs report to him.  The EOOW on a CVN is always an officer. 


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I always thought it odd that during my Nimitz days the LDOs and WOs were usually the EOOW and hardly ever the PPWO.  So it was common to have two O-3's as the PPWOs and a CWO-2 being their supervisor.

Spiff:
Concerning the PPOW vs. EOOW comment:

I don't think it was a matter of rank as much as a matter of position in the departmental "org chart". 

If I remember correctly: the Principle Assistants (the MPA, RMA, Electrical Officer, Training Officer, and the CRA) and the Technical Assistants (your LDO's and Warrants who were the MPTA, RMTA, etc...) stood in as EOOW. 

This left the Div. O's  to stand PPWO, as well as some of the senior enlisted.  The mechanics were split into RM and M, and each of those were split into two divisions.  Plus there was RA which was full of non-nukes but had a nuke officer Div. O.

Like I said before, there was no shortage of officers on a carrier!

rumrunner:
I guess it depends on your timeline.  In the early 80's on the Nimitz, the only EOOWs were the warrant officers, LDOs, and the Lieutenant Commanders in the Reactor and Engineering departments.  The lieutenants and below, regardless of their title, stood PPWO.   I guess the RO and Engineer stood bridge watches, but never bothered to check. 

Not a biggie, it was just a curiosity.  It was more understandable in the enlisted rates where quals were king and rank not so important.  I remember one watch where we had First Classes all over the plant at the various stations and our PPWS was an MM2 who had gotten busted from MM1. 

Preciousblue1965:
On my old ship....(que the disgruntled moans)

the only time we ever had a lot of first classes on watch in the plant was when one of MCPOs had to stand his proficiency for CMO/CRW.  One of my MCPOs would only stand CMO if all the members of the drill team were on watch with him and generally it wasn't anyone less than a first class qual'd SIR.

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