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It's not quite so simple, because so far each member of the Strawhat pirates has a role in which he or she excels. Luffy doesn't get just any navigator, he gets one who is really good at map-making and can feel the weather like no one else. He doesn't get any archaeologist, but one who can read the ancient language. It's what makes the Strawhat pirates so successful in the end, their individual talents. The role of each Strawhat is about as important as their personal dreams and often go hand-in-hand.As for his role on Luffy's ship, answer doesn't matter. A role can be made up. Heck can be as simple as Yamato is a soldier/fighter and that's it. Could also be something like Yamato is the scout. Heck you can even give an existing role to Yamato like second helmsman etc (not like Jinbei doesn't sleep). So I think it's moot to argue for or against Yamato based on a role.
So, you couldn't just pass off Yamato as a scout or a "second helmsman". When has she ever shown any talents or even interest in these fields? The only thing that currently works for me is "samurai" as her role, where Oden also has been called the samurai of Whitebeard's crew. And yes, that's not a real role on a ship, but it doesn't have to be. It's similar to Zoro's "swordsman" role on that regard.