navy field does NOT use A1 ... A2 .... B4 .... etc .... they use the AREA #1-25 system
#1 starts at 3rd base and #5 is 2nd base .... home plate is #21 and 1st base is #25
Official NavyFIELD grid numbering system :
translating that to the Letter/Number system used by some fleets is
... if you keep the same order ie:) #1 = A1 ... then .... A1=3rd base and E1 = 2nd base
(column A is always on the left and row 1 is awlays furthest from harbor = start row)
however - some fleets totally ignore NF's numbering system and use their own ...
since the main battle grid #12 has no harbor to help orientate row 1 .. it can be varied
some use the same orientation as NF (as per the above example)...
others use differnt orientation where 2nd base= A1 ; 1st base= E1 ; 3rd base= A5 ; Home= E5
interesting note .. in a 5x5 grid such as in NF ..
the pitcher mound center is always #13 or C3 in any orentation
so BOTH of you are 1/2 correct and both incorrect ... incorrect in terms of NF own GRID # system
1/2 correct in the arbitary A-E/1-5 system used by fleets ... which sometimes varies by fleet
so ... it depends on how you're orientating your 'top' start row for the main battle grid
( ? are you looking at it with head tipped to left ? or ? skewed by tipping head right ? )
but if you key off the official grid numbering order NF uses ...
then your claim of 3rd= A1 and 2nd = E1 is closer to being 'correct' in its ordering format (USA)
the other person is using a skewed version of the main grid popular in some fleet traditions
it depends on if you are applying USA american harbor orientation or UK english harbor view
and since this is NFNA - (aka the North American Server) :
it is poetic that the USA harbor view is most correct in alignment with NF grid numbering
... with the first square or Area #1 = A-1 ..... and the last square or Area #25 = E-5 ...
( but then the IJN or MN harbor views could also be appropriate as well in this regard )
* IJN/MN are basically inverted versions of UK and KM/SN/RM are inverted versions of US
** since the main battle grid #12 has no harbor to help orientate row 1 .. it can be varied
FLEET alpha-numeric system :
... THIS .... ( * for english - and most western culture languages )
col:
A B C D E = x5row:
1 x5 = 1 - 5row:
2 x5 = 6 -10row:
3 x5 = 11-15row:
4 x5 = 16-20row:
5 x5 = 21-25 . . . . . one picture is worth a thousand words . . . . .