Exactly!
Three, and the apostrophe, thus: ||'|.
(BTW, a ‘leftenant’ would only be in the army, IIRC.)
And it’s still spelled “lieutenant” anyway. But yes, in the RN you pronounce it with the “oo” and no “f” (and salute palm down instead of palm forward). One could imagine someone in some regiment in centuries past saw it printed in old-style type as LIEVTENANT and ran with that.
Cap’n Crunch was too expensive for us growing up. We couldn’t afford any cereal associated with a commissioned officer, and there was no “Staff Sergeant Crunch” as far as we could tell (or would it have been “Petty Officer Crunch”?).
I look forward to hours on hours of Congressional hearings as to whether or not he actually stays crunchy, even in milk.
Wild applause!
We had to eat the generic brand of Cocoa Puffs. Instead of making you coo coo, you’d only get mildly worried.
As the first link says, a lower ranking CO is referred to as the captain when in command and on aboard his vessel. I take this to mean you can address them directly as “Captain” or indirectly as “the Captain”, but can you address them as “Captain X”, if you are under their command?
I certainly wouldn’t want to have to admit to being the bottom half of a rear admiral…
SubRon commodores are usually captains, but are always addressed as “Commodore.”
And as stupid as “Rear Admiral (Lower Half)” sounds, it’s better than “Commodore Admiral”…
All kidding aside, they have lot of Seamen under them.
That must be very exciting.
Yes, but it’s hard.
I’ve heard sailors in the US Navy refer to the commanding officer of a boat as the skipper. So it appears to be used informally at least.
I’ve heard sailors refer to whoever was in charge on the bridge after a collision as “Captain Crunch,” so maybe after all these years his commission came back around through unoffical channels.