Cacapon (AO 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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ET SHACK The radar's out. Call an ET, shouts the Officer of the Deck. Once again an ET is called upon to fix some downed electronic equipment. He will Work around the clock until the gear I is back in commission. The radar, IFF, LORAN, crypto and communication gear ranging from Walkie-talkie sets to highpowered receivers are forever under their watchful eyes. ARE YOU SURE YOU PUT THAT SERVO-MECHANICAL RELAY IN THE RIGHT PLACE? COMBAT Combat's primary responsibility is to keep the OOD informed concerning all movements of ships fskunksy which radarmen pick up on their radar scope. Questions such as What's skunk CHARLlE's CPA fclosest point of approachy? What's his courseand speed, right NOW? Are we on a collision course? plague the combat supervisor constantly. A collision CPA may cause much panic on the bridge but combat takes it in stride and calmly recommends a new course to clear CHAR LIE by several miles. , F l I ef- is ...lx I 7 I V, x X A 5 -Ol I Q li' Af ' I ' Q A I soMET1MEs lx? gi JUST WONDER! 5 is A MAYBE WELDING IT WILL HELP 'I'M GETTING THE CPA AS FAST AS I CAN. ,, if

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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

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SIGNAL IIGE Signalmen are the eyes of Cacapon's com- munication system receiving and sending flashing light and flaghoist signals to and from Navy and merchant ships. Since ships within visual range of ,f each other can talk by light, the signalmen are 'M kept busy all the time. As they go around the ship, they chatter back and forth in semaphore fhand signals! or play word games by flashlight on the signalbridge. This practice helps them prepare for I the time when they have to receive signals from I l E several different ships at the same time. I I in 3 1 if 2 'fin 4 ll il ll v ,Z 223 iw XM, gg I LXW -it HI, WELCOME ALONGSIDEH Y Y E Q L HE KEEPS SAYING THE SAME WHAT'S THIS PAIR OFSKIVIESDOING y THING - - - , , , - - IN THE FLAG BOX? y S lj The postal clerks were ii H POSTAL plagued by two things throughout this WestPac cruise: free mail and 86,000 pounds of mail for other ships. Some one overheard one of them comment: whoever thought up this idea of a free mail zone anyway? Each time after leaving Subic, letters would pile up around the ship while awaiting the important announce- ment: We are NOW in the free mail zone. After the last unrep it was always a rush to finish Ho was the many overdue letters before . :2',:,',f,:' leaving the stamp saving zone. xxxxf f 11. AI. ., I I y ill M lllf' 'lm Q f ' ,5 f Q A 'A 4 IN THE LIGHT DON'T KID ME THERE'S NO UNREP IN 15 MINUTES