Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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Today's modern warship is highly dependenT upon iTs communicaTions TaciliTies and The men who man Them. Be- ing The ears oT The ship is no simple Task. In iTs physical sTrucTure The CR division consisTs oT The radio shacks, a cornmunicaTion oTTice and. IasT buT noT IeasT, a posT oTTice. In Radio I and Aadio 2 The receivers conTinuaIIy whisper Their diT-dah-dah To our operaTors. MosT oT our TacTicaI inTormaTicn, personal Telegrams and inTormaTion dealing wiTh virTualIy every adminisTraTive deparTmenT on The ship are received over These circuiTs. The CR division handles all TraTTic enTering and leaving The ship over TeIeTypewriTer circuiTs Too. These TeIeType machines, which give Radio I The aTmosphere oT a Thriving New York STock Exchange, can be heard banging ouT Their messages TwenTy-Tour hours a day. Like The Telemen who operaTe Them, They geT IiTTle or no sleep. Over These cir- cuiTs comes our press wiTh il's news headlines, weaTher re- porTs and sporTs resuITs, Then There is The posT oTTice, a branch oT The CR division which many a sailor mighT consider The mosT viTal deparT- menT aboard. The work oT These morale men is unending. IT They are noT sorTing and bundling mail, They are busily engaged preparing money orders. regisTering IeTTers, pre- paring cusToms Torms, insuring parcel posT, selling sTarnps, or TabuIaTing The cosT oT personal Telegrams. So, whaTever The Task may be, The CR division will have The siTuaTion well in hand. To all oT you, a hearTy well done. ' i i M.h kl P- R. S I H, E, ST b , R. A. Guimond, W. H. Harp, L. Miller, T. M. Smilh, A. R. Barchas, BE lTv1rg3TaiThsbaTliAer'ISBuiid A.?l.Spears,T-TYVS. RearichTrTeHERD ROW: G. G. Fields, N- J- K6 lf6f1iSi N- J- Shaclfmaf- M- R- Ijawson- ENS TYMeincIeIsohn EN? D .Ei PuTTerman LTJG J. I'II9leY. LTJG J. A. AVI9e5. ENS W' L' Jones' KV'JGLR,?S5' E' Eassa' A' PJ Fgraifl' - i' '. ii I .. h ,R.R.Z',M.R.Hw,..ripp,.. eaver,.avis,.. Wilholld. SECOND ROW. E. A. Lancour, C. W. Harwell, F D Frosckauee. E. S BIZ: BOTTOJVREW: P. T. Scmemmer' V. R. Cassonel P. J. C ,N.M.H ,R.F.R G. Pen Moymhan' Hi Ji Cheek' M. E. Mc abe Bosiizielb. M. Rugugriisfs, J. Ambrose, J. M. Powers. I3 W Tfm.,

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DIVISION - T l BACK ROW: M. J. Zclarlro, T. M. Dolan, F. E. BenneT, F. Russo, R. E. Henn, R. W. Koehn, J. H. Bean, R. Jezar, E. E. Ellis, M. F. Andrews, I:NS l. M. Mclnfosh, L. P. Long, ENS W. L. Kelly. MIDDLE ROW: M. Weisberg, D. H. MarrioT, G. J. Czechanslci, C. G. SebasTion, P. D. Cox, R. D. Slriff, C. L. BobbiTT, W. S. Lawson, D. G. Anderson, H. O. Reinelcing. BOTTOM ROW: E. S. Long Jr., S. Dimichino, D. L. MclnTyre, C. M. Croson, R. A. MargoTTa, W. R. Ricard, R. W. WHT, T. A. GranT, K. D. Spunich, W. F. Underwood, L. K. Ashburn. NOT PRESENT: LTJG M. Dashefslry, ENS M. L. Berdiclc, C. L. CarTer, S. T. Sidlilx, J. G. Grewell, W. H. LorenTz, A. J. MeirowiTz, K. l. Mendels, J. A. Ruffin. Radar plays a viTal role in The liTe oT a modern American naval vessel. lT can warn her oT The approach oT hosTile air- craTT while They are sTill a greaT disTance away, lT can read- ily porTray The whereabouTs oT oTher surTace uniTs, near and Tar, Triendly or enemy. IT can Train her guns To meeT any aTTaclc wiTh deadly accuracy. ln conTined coasTal waTers, iT is a Tremendous aid To The navigaTor in saTely maneuver- ing The ship. All This and more radar can do. STill This wealTh oT inTormaTion is worThless unless iT is accuraTely and speed- ily inTerpreTed. This Tremendously imporTanZ' iob Talls To The loT oT The men oT The King division aboard The BalTimore. The scene oT acTion Tor These men is The CombaT lnTor- maTion CenTer, a dark, weirdly-lighTed recess, appropriaTe- ly reTerred To as The Black Hole. Here among radar scopes, sTaTus boards, ploTTing boards and a mulTiTude OT communicaTions eguipmenT, you will Tind The King division collecTing, ploTTing and evaluaTing all inTormaTion oT impor- Tance To The operaTing eTTiciency oT The ship. LiTerally siT- Ting in The darlc, These radarmen, armed wiTh grease pen- cils, maneuvering boards and sound-powered phones, are a close-lcniT Team, a viTal cog in malcing BalTimore a TirsT class TighTing ship oT The UniTed STaTes Navy. l yi. l l y t. i l Q

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G C Moore C B Duggan T L Terrel E. L. Crolce. C. G. Johnson,A. F. Golding H E Morrison R G Mjfavish JGLE Ylamitron EDB? Elzudlunj ' i i IW: E, H' I R, R, Cl b' , M. E. S o r, W. C Muller LTJG R H Ran ENS Soana er onra if E ig1ailaTk.VSi1lgDSalT1nl'igT, F. E. Sevuerr:.yhOTTOMuRg'TN: C. O.eNi1v7iard,C. G Pace R L Minilxus C E Casbeer R S Van Sickle S J Parillo em' Nor PRESENT: R. L. Ash, J. A. cooper E o Richer CS The CS division TransmiTs and receives all The ship's visual communicaTions. The signalman, To do his job prop- erly, musT be Thoroughly Tamiliar wiTh The Three Types oT visual communicaTions used in The navy Today. One Type is semaphore, which is a rapid means oT communicaTion Tor shor-T disTances in daylighT, fXnoTher is TlaghoisT, The mosT rapid and accuraTe meThod oT maneuvering a TleeT when uniTs are wiThin easy signaling disTance. STill anoTher means oT communicaTion is Tlashing lighT, which employs inTerna- Tional Morse code. AlThough communicaTions is The pri- mary and mosT imporTanT iob oT The signalmen, They also have oTher duTies. They are oTTen called upon To dress The TorecasTle wiTh signal Tlags Tor oTTicial TuncTions which Take place There, The mainTenance oT high sTandards oT clean- liness on The signal bridge is also The iob oT The CS division. The signalmen have every righT To be exTremely proud QT The Tine appearance oT Their bridge,