Depends on the ship, and on the purpose. For commercial ships, there used to be a "sailing master" who was in charge of how the ship was operated, but not where you were going. The First Officer or First Mate may be the safest answer for that. The Navigator was in charge of the navigation, and for commercial passenger vessels, the Purser was directly responsible to the Captain for the welfare of the passengers and cargo.
For modern military vessels, the Executive Officer is the #2 guy in just about everything.
When entering or leaving port, the Captain typically yields control to the Harbor Pilot.
Administrative assistant
Phsycians Assistant
Mainly it depends on how you use it, but most of the time it isn't, if you're just talking about 'the assistant principal.' If it's specifically Assistant Principal Johnson or whoever, then you would.
Pirates captains hat
Captains is the plural for captain
There are captains and assistant captains.
As of my last update, the assistant captains for the Philadelphia Flyers were Kevin Hayes and Justin Braun.
One Captain and up to three (3) Alternate or Assistant Captains.
It means on board a ship. If your taking water aship, it means that water is coming into your ship. Bad news if your out to sea.
1 captain 2 assistant captains
Hal Gill and Andre Markov
The alternate captains for the Maple Leafs in the 2007-08 season are defensemen Tomas Kaberle and Bryan McCabe
Patrice Bergeron, Andrew Ference, and Chris Kelly.
He is one of two alternate captains.
The Captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins is Sidney Crosby. The assistant Captain for the Pittsburgh penguins Evengi Malkn.
there are a lot of captains but the top captain is Richard 'Richie McCaw'
Both Henrick Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk wear the A on the detriot redwings. They are the assistant captains.