Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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Back row, left to right: D. D. CARSTENSEN, G. A. BUTTERFIELD, L. S. BRYAN, W. J. MARTIN, ond D. D. ANTHONY. Front row: J.' W. GRAY, R. J. BARRY, E. M. BRILES.

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HAIIIAHMEN These are the people who man the Combat lnfor- mation Center Combat known to most of the crew as a dark hole from which a man wearing a pair of soundpowered phones sends a variety of meaningless, mystifying bits of information to the bridgeg known to the ship's officers as the other end of a voice tube down which one yells when something goes wrongg known to the radarmen themselves as the home of their coffee mess and an excellent source of chairs or stools for the movie, which incidentally contains a few assorted maneuvering boards, plots, and radar scopes. Actually, these men are tacticians, voice radio communicators, and ra- dar operators. Combat is their center of opera- tions. 5' LA

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HAHIUMEN Dit! Da! Dal Ditl Dit! is the ever familiar sound issuing from the radio shack where the vital admin- istrative communications of the ship are carried on. The watch is always set, speakers clicking, messages coming in and going out, in port and underway. Radiomen become such either by going to a special training school or by on the job experience plus long hours of train- ing and experience before they become qualified men. ' They are really the ones who know what's new. In comesthe sailing or- ders for home, or a trans- fer. The latest scores are fig-1,. ,MQ always available. Why , ,si fig, N4 there is even a passage- 6 -1 P- F way for fathers-to-be to Q A Y pace back and forth and - worry. g Nor do you have to go X -WN 4115 to radio to get the lat- L, est, for the faithful mes- X K T sengers walk miles rout- ing the messages board 1 t J 5 insuring that every one ' ' that needs to know has f-N got the dope. A fi 7 X I l T The Score's 7 to 6