Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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Back ww, left to fight: L. W. LOVLIEN, P. DEPINTO, B. R. FIZER, F. M. BENSON, J. F. M0055 Front ww: J. E. DONOVAN, J. A. SADOWSKI, R. R. MILLER, I.. Ef ELMORE. Dllliiuiluilliuuis-Unlllutln!

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FIRE IIIINTHIIL TECHNICIANS The fire controlmen have one of the most technical rates in the navy. During the actual shoot. they are primarily interested in external forces such as the effect of the wind, own ship's movement, target ship's move- ment, and the roll and pitch. ofour own ship on the basic problem of where to point the guns to hit the target. This is accomplished by a large amount of dial reading, wheel and crank turning, and plain know-how. Now here is the big. problemq What if the machine doesn't 'I come up with the right answers? There is the fire controlman's big headache. He not only must know the most in- timate detailsiof mechanics, for ex- 65' ample how do you add, subtract, mul- 'v ' tiply, and dtivide, with screws, cams, L and gears, ut he is ex- i J . Pected to know the fields l JA .J of electronics and radar ' , -9' cold. I 9 The firecontr'olmen ' , 'F and gunners mates for S, l ' ty obvious reasons must be O a well trained team. The gy , M Brinkley Bass has had an 1 1- ' extremely good team as ll was proven while the ship ig 'ml' Q-if-5,5 iCZi't'C i'3eil-fi! fEZeT'ZE Q i ex i a 4 I - force and was able to lock ,L ' lm on more targets than any . other sh-ip in the screen. Oops! l guess l got the wrong knob.

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