U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea

Photo of a sample page of the new Mariners Skills logbook for US Navy surface warfare officers. US Navy Photo

Surface warfare officers are borrowing a lesson from naval aviators and will now keep a logbook of their time underway throughout their career, according to a new Navy instruction obtained by USNI News.

Now, when new ensigns report to the Basic Division Officer Course they will now be issued a “Surface Warfare Mariner Skills Logbook” in which they will record everything from bridge time...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/14/u-s-surface-warfare-officers-will-now-use-logbooks-record-time-sea

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