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How long to get to battlestations? Bob and anyohelp, please?

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New Hampshire Battleship Lover	How long to get to battlestations? Bob and anyohelp,...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1940 ( 8-Mar-2009 05:53:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was needing to know how long it takes for an American battleship in World War II to get to battlestations when it's in harbor, but not in time of peace. How much does the time change if the ship is on the open ocean in enemy waters? And does the experience level of the crew have a big influence? Do other ship types manage faster? or other navies faster or slower? This info is important for one of the stories I'm working on following the saga of the USS New Hmapshire. Thanks all!
W D Martin		#1	[-]
Posts: 677 ( 9-Mar-2009 21:08:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Fresh from Reftra, our cutter managed it in under two minutes. Consider however, we were a small ship with a very good crew and had just been (we were in fact on the way home from Reftra) through a good training session down in Gitmo. Expect a BB to take longer. You should check ships logs to get a good idea of the time necessary, IIRC some are online, on one of the websites dealing with PH. The thing that takes the longest is setting material condition. Later, Bill Your Text Signature ...
Dave Bender	Time to get to battle stations.	#2	[-]
Posts: 8004 ( 9-Mar-2009 22:02:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I've served on a submarine and an aircraft carrier. I don't think ship size makes that much difference. 50 to 75% of the crew will be awake at any given time. Those people will be at their general quarters station in a couple minutes. People who are sleeping / in the shower / on the toilet when the alarm goes off will require about 5 minutes to straggle in.

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