Barney (DDG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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The most difficult and frustrating aspect of flight quarters was the seemingly endless hours sometimes spent waiting for the helicopter's arrival. Gradually, personnel would relax . . . only to be stung back to life by the XO's booming voice on the IMC. '1 M I f. .ff : 2?

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ffm., , 7 , Z 6 n My X W Q W 22 f A rifle FLIGHT GPER TIG s MM,f rm. A uw! .W , , ,,,, , W Flight operations are an important aspect of underway steaming, whether aboard an air- craft carrier or destroy- er. These evolutions are not the carefully cho- reographed scenes from Top Gung they are mo- ments of frantic action lengthened by tedious waiting on station . The efforts of BAR- NEY's flight crew per- sonnel never were un- appreciated, as they brought on board need- ed parts, supplies, and the ever treasured mail. The following three pages depict the succes- sive stages of flight ops. 41

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GREE DECK! GREE DECK! The helo is inbound! warns the crew to scramble to their stations. Often, the aircraft was an SH-2, as pictured above, from the carrier or supply ship. Imagine those twin rotors churning 20 feet or so over your head! The cargo on deck, all hands Worked to distribute and stow it. lMWw0,,,,.,Mf,- MW? ' W ,W- .MfwvfW My , W my WM W fm , ,rw .W U