Cacapon (AO 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE MAD HELMSMAN Cback TOWD HALL, PAULSON, DEAL, BERG Cfront TOWD QUIMBY, ISOM, QUARTERMASTER OF THE WATCH NAVIGATIONAL DETAIL: ENTERING PORT cox, DAMON F o r s t a r t time the Navi- 5 gator and his as- A ' sistant emerge in pre-dawn haze or 9 in twiiight mists A '5 D to shoot at the stars with glee - - 4' Wishing and hop- - x ing to find out 'A ln..- R .... from their results g Where We are lo- cated. When not in sight of land their A -nz,-Z calculations A V merge human error with contrived figures so they can announce unashamedly we are here . Besides figuring out barometric pressure, wind speeds and logging important events the Quartermaster of the Watch ensures that the helmsman steers a good course. WE ARE HERE, MAYBE,

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RADIO CEN The heart of the fleet is the radio gang who act as our ambassadors to other ships. They listen, read, trans- late, and ungarble all messages received by radiog their mistakes, if any, are obvious to all. Many a radioman has won his spurs routing messages at night by having to rouse deep-sleeping officers who have to initial messages.Success is a clear board! SUPERVISION OF THE CHAIN GANG ARE YOU SURE THAT'S ALL YOUHAD IN THOSE BURN BAGS? deaR siR? inN reeguard too yur lost lether RADIO TELETYPE OPERATOR SHIP'S OFFICE Anyone who wants to find out some in- formation or who just wants to talk to some- body drops by the ship's office, that con- glomorous administrative organization which makes tickler files on tickler files. The daily panic is Who's getting the POD fPlan of the Day? for tomorrow? , for surely without the POD the ship would stop in mid-ocean, Instructions, inspection reports, transfer and leave papers, ad- vancements, and awards pour forth from this little office. When the line is long outside that half-door, it's good to have a 1459 Qt - . n U Ugg 'X buddie on the other side. S I s sf -- HB 17