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RE: The Story of My Life so Far - Part 57 - Trials at Sea of the Propulsion of the Corvette Georges Leygues
My brother was one of the first crew on a newly commissioned ship and as such he was designated a 'plank owner', which these days is kind of an honorific. Was there anything like that for you on the Georges Leygues?
No, there is no specific designation for the members of the first crew of a French Navy ship.
I'm not sure that duty on a newly commissioned ship is a lot different than one that has been in service for some time so it seemed a little over the top for there to be a first-crew honorific but my brother seemed to think that it was worth mentioning a couple times. Maybe because it was a new class of ship. Perhaps it was something that the Navy raises to importance for the sake of moral.