Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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Back row, left to right: R. C. PARKER, O. G. MAYFIELD, H. E STANLE? Front row: L. R. SMITH, E. A. RHEING-ANS, J. R PHILLIP .

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UU!-XHTEHMASTEHS Signals in the air! Quartermasterl Lights on the tanker! are all familiar shouts up top-side on the bridge when ship to ship communications and tactical sig- nals are required. lt's been rumored that the signal flags talk faster that a radio circuit. A quar- termaster will tell you that it's the truth. Lots of practice and long hours of watch are stood through rain, spray and hot sun until the boys get their rate. ln addition to flag hoists, flashing light and semaphore, a quartermaster is in charge of the ship's log underway and must know the fundamentals of navigation to aid the navigator in his duties. 3 up I xl get web' 1 x ,X 9. 9 i l I I 0 U9 ik l 'v i' X 1,1 i X l . I K x ,, X ' gf ,I ,SJ I i X X 1 I R2 Signal Yoke Queen Tack Fox Baker in the Air, Sir

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ELEIITHUNIE y TECHNICIANS Yu. tff.,, If it's complicated, lights up like a pinball machine and it will not function properly, these are the boys to call. The Navigator sends for them when the IO,-on won't work, the Communicators when the radios won't work and the C.l.C. officers when anything at all won't work. These men main- tain the push-button, Buck' Rogers gear of the futuristic war on the one hand, while they must sometimes be sailors in the old-time sense of the word on the other, being among the few individu- als who must occasionally climb the mast underway. ET is a highly respected rate, but one 'r that often kj callsifor hard and fast work in return for its pres4 tige. 'Q oo O