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Gunnery officer

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The gunnery officer was considered the most important department head aboard all-gun warships.

The gunnery officer of a warship was the officer responsible for operation and maintenance of the ship's guns and for safe storage of the ship's ammunition inventory.

Background

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The gunnery officer was usually the line officer next in rank to the executive officer.[1] As shipboard guided missiles and torpedoes became more effective than naval artillery, guns were included within a weapons department replacing the older gunnery department. The weapons department is supervised by a weapons officer who may have a subordinate gunnery officer supervising the ship's guns.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mayo, Claude Banks (1939). Your Navy. Los Angeles: Parker & Baird Company. pp. 291–292.