Can there possibly be two officers of the same rank serving on the same vessel? And if so who is in charge? (I.e two lieutenant junior grade officers on the same ship)

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Can there possibly be two officers of the same rank serving on the same vessel? And if so who is in charge? (I.e two lieutenant junior grade officers on the same ship)

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Answer 1

All the time. You might have noticed that naval ships are kind of big and require lots of officers.

“Who is in charge” is the ship’s captain. There wouldn’t be a situation where one junior officer is issuing an order to another junior officer.