Carr (FFG 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dealer FC2 Elder helps with a freshwater wash- CS ' s battle cry lown. FC2 Middleton and FC2 Brown guard CIWS against harm. FCl Butler and FC3 Duncan make the best of a six month deploy- GMM3 Washburn and GMMl Olvera take care of rust on the nent. launcher. iMG3 Fisher demonstrates the use of an M-14. LTJG Lordi thinks to himself, The Cap- tain is shooting at floating trash, again! The best GMG ' s onboard. 31

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r V CSS Division »« i Seated: FCC Purvis and LTJG Lordi Kneeling: FC2 Middleton, FC3 Kimball, GMM3 Washburn, FC2 Elder Standing: GMG3 Gill, GMMl Olvera, GMGl LeTourneau, GMGSN Wright, GMG3 Fisher, GMMl Farris, FC2 Phegley, FCl Butler, FC2 Brown, FCl Consalvo Not Pictured: FC2 Elder, FC3 Getz, FC3 Black CS3 Division is comprised of Fire Con- trolman (FC ' s), Gunner ' s Mates, Guns (GMG ' s) and Gunner ' s Mates, Missi- les(GMM ' s). They provide the ship with surface and air defense utiHzing state of the AT weaponry. The Mark 92 Fire Con- trol Radar Systems is capable of detecting, tracking, and directing the Mark 76 MM Gun Mount and Mark 13 Missile Launcher to protect the ship, vessels under our pro- tection, and areas of strategic interest against hostile fire. This is for offensive as well as defensive measures. The Mark 15 Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS) places a wall of 20MM rounds between the ship and the inbound missile. This is a de- fensive weapon only. The Division not only operates this equipment, they are also responsible for its maintenance and repair.

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CS-4 Division SEATED: ICC St. Louis, ETCS Gates STANDING: ETl Doolittle, IC3 Newsome, ET3 Marks, ET2 Coyle, ET2 Rodgers, DS3 Waller, DS2 Ratliff, ET3 Arrowood, IC2 Gwsiany, ET2 Denman, ET3 Booth This division consists of three rates: Electronic Technicians(ET ' S), Interior Communications Electricians(IC ' S), and Data Systems Technicians. ET ' S are responsible for the upkeep and mainte- nance of most of the electronic systems onboard. They are divided into two main categories. The first is the Communica- tion Technicians who are capable of working on transmitters, receivers, and encryption devices. The second is the Radar Technicians who maintain the ship ' s search radars, the AN SPS-49 air search and the AN SPS-55 radars. IC ' S preserve and repair the ship ' s Inter-Communication Systems (includ- ing the Multi-Channel Systems, Growl- ers, and Sound Powered Circuits, and Telephone System), The Alarm Panels, Site TV, ship ' s Entertainment System, the GYROS, and other various instru- mentation. DS ' S Provide the Operational Com- puter Programs needed for the execution of the newest and up to date weapons systems encompassing the Naval Tactical j Data System (NTDS), Missile Launcher, and Gun Mount. They are also in charage of the upkeep of the Radar Data Display Consoles, the Combat Systems Switch- board, and various other related Peripher- al Equipment.