horgan wasn't sure. in fact, the more the crew saw of johnson, the more they worried he was a hollywood skipper. he may have had other capabilities, but he was noticeably lacking in fault's gravitas. it almost seemed as if if the segundo was the 29-year-old's first command. it wasn't. it was his third. but if his officers had known that, it would have worried them all the more. lieutenant ballson remained as the segundo's first officer. he recognized their new captain was different. johnson was a smooth talker, highly polished and well dressed. even his nickname was slick which wasn't always a compliment. but ballson knew a change in command was nothing to worry about. he'd seen his share of sub captains, and no two are alike. given time, most crews adjusted to a new skipper's foibles. if not, the u.s. sub force was 100% volunteer. you could always ask off the boat. the bigst issue captain johnson faced, though, was the tight-knit crew. most of the men had been aboard since the boat's commissioning 15 mo