Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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nlvlsinii Top Row, Lefl 'ro Righlr: J. L. Tripp, E. Weaver, A. Earaci, G. G. Fields, J. Davis, B. F Wormsbaker, N. J, Kallcanis, N. J, Sclwaclcmar, E. D. Erosclwauer, W,Sl1Varp, P. G. Silvani D. Bal', D. W. Aislrope. Middle Row: LTJG J. A. Avlges, ENS J. Sloanalcer, H. Sclieeler, J. L. Miller, W- l- Schweizer, W. P, Baker, L. D, Bogen, C. A. Klein, A, J. Spears, H. Burd, H. D- SJYOUG ENS R. H. Rand, LTJG lvl. D. Gray. BoHom Row: C. W. Moke, H. E. Sloneberg, L. Kocurek, P. S. Minlz, D. Nelson, C. F Wilson, P, J. Bosco, J. L. Rolilolll, P. R. Snow, E. J. Sladlcy, D. M. Ruggles, A. O. WeekS W. P. Carraqher, J. A. Alrencio, H. G. Sclwwenlc, N. lv1.Hewer, R. T. Beaulieu, R. A. Bell W. H. Harp, S. J. lviilmolc, P. K. Spaulding, lvl, D. Kluclc, R. E. Rumaker. No'r Shown In Pic+ure: D. L. Turvey, R. J. Tama, D. S, McCar+hy, H, J. Cheek. 0- R Willmold, ENS W. L. Jones. 46

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The black hole A modern TighTing ship oT The line oT The UniTed STaTes Navy is a large, complex, highly specialized vessel, her guns searching The horizon and skies like nervous TenTacles, waiTing only Tor The lighTning TasT elecTronic commands Trom somewhere deep inside To Tlash inTo deadly acTion- and The nerve cenTer, The brain oT This gianT machine is CombaT lnTormaTion CenTer. l-lere are locaTed radar scopes, ploTTing boards, sTaTus boards, inTer and inTra ship communicaTions, and oTher equipmenT Tor collecTing, ploTTing and evaluaTing all inTormaTion oT any naTure oT imporTance To The op.eraTion and TighTing oT The ship. All This eguipmenT and The many iobs associaTed wiTh operaT- ing iT require a number oT highly skilled and compeTenT men-The men oT The K Division, To Them Talls The iob oT siTTing in The dark, noT knowing wheTher iT is nighT or day. seeing only ThaT which modern science shows Them as liTTle spoTs oT lighT, and luminous grease penciled marks on verTical and horizonTal pieces oT glass, surrounded by The weird, crackling voices oT unseen ships. Because oT The necessiTy oT mainTaining a rapid, ac- curaTe Tlow oT inTormaTion Trom CIC To The Conn, PloTTing Rooms, and gun conTrol sTaTions, K Division personnel musT mainTain a high degree oT compeTence and eTTiciency and be able To quickly and accuraTely evaluaTe The greaT mass oT inTormaTion Tlowing sTeadily beTore Them. All The jobs oT CIC are noT done in The heaT oT baTTle however. lv1osT oT Their work is monoTonously rouTine, such as keeping Track oT our posiTion in TormaTion, Tracking and reporTing sTrange ships ThaT never pass wiThin visual range oT The ship, keep- ing radar navigaTion ploTs as checks wiTh The navigaTor conTrolling TracTor aircraTT Tor rouTine gunnery exercises and many oTher liTTle iobs To Take The load oTT The 0TTicer oT The Deck. WiTh modern warTare now such a complex and highly Technical iob, and modern TleeT operaTions so complicaTed The men oT K Division can Teel iusTly proud oT The im- porTanT parT They are playing in The eTTecTiveness oT The BalTimore. Bogie now bearing zero-Two-nine

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Round +he clock, a s'I'eacly flow Dir Dir Dah Dil Nan, Able, Zebra Time: round The cloclc CR Division mans Jrhe radio and Jrelelype circuils lhal give us communicalions round-Jrhe-world. Whelher The message be for an operalion, ball game, or birlh announcemenlr you can resl assured lhal if will gel lhrough. Among CR Division aciivilies is a ship-board favorife, your mail-men, In addilrion your daily newspaper is prinied from Jrhe Jrelelrype newscasrs. Though They sjrand 6-8 hour walches, each day, wilh Like a clelicafe, sensa+ive nerve cenfer xx Through sleef, or s'rorm, or midnighf hours- school when Jrhey're noi iurning +o, all is nor worlc. lvlosi evenings you can hear quarler singing, our harmonica play- ers, ihalr boy on ihe geefar, or Jrhe hearis players. l+'s noi oiren you gel overnighr liberly in Jrhe Med bui w.e've Jrried ii. As for our ball Team,-famous lasf words- l+'s been fun. Srariing ihe cruise wirh only a few old salls we can boasl a bunch of old hands now, We can also proudly boasr of birihs, marriages and shorl-'rimers in our family. Clear fhis firsi' wifh +he Chief of SfaFf xxx rq., W S-nil. '-Q F I