Cleveland (LPD 7 CL 55) - Naval Cruise Book

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NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT N DIVISION Third Row: Sic R. L. xNichol, QM3C G. W. Myers, QM3C A. R. Tyson, Sic G. W. Dunn, QM3C R. M. Eastmond Second Row: QM3C E. Krokoskie, QM3C P. K. Greiser, QM3C C. C. Edmundson, QM3C G. W. Elston, QM3C L. Beebe, BugicJ. A. Rue, Bug- Mstr3c S. P. Calandra. Sic C. W. Hart, BugMstr3c J. H. Hughes, Bug2c C. M. Powell First Row: Q.M3C R. E. Laprairie, QM3C F. M. George. QM3C R. H. Lamothe, C)M3c J. F. Jones, QMic C. M. Megrew, Ensign R.J. Kessler, CQM E. F. Beck, QMac W. A. Graham, QMac L. B. Sprague, Y2c R. S. Hall, AerMic W. L. Pelham I m »v» mL

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V DIVISION First Row Left lo Right Wainwright, VV. .J. ARMiac Podkovich, E. Lindberg AMM2C AMM3C Wilson, T. H. Crocker, S C , Sims, R. P. Sneden, J. S. Stewart, C.J. Manson, J. A. Gehring, J. R. Wright, G. L. ARi l3c AMqc ARM2C Lt. (jg) Lieut. Ensign ACMM . OMic Second Row Left to Right Wilbourne, J. M. McCulloch, E. Feehan, J. B. Peser, E. C. Chwieroth, J. J. Murphy, R. L. Gruben, C. R. Jones, E.J. . OMic Sic AMM3C Sic . ' MM3C Sic Sic Sic [27]

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NAVIGATOR, where are we? The navigator quickly removing the sextant from his eye makes a curso- ry examination of his chart and briefly replies, Well, Captain, we should be about here, pointing to a small speck on the chart, then continuing, Of course this puts us about three miles northeast of our DR and about two miles north-north-east of our DRT. The Assistant Navi- gator ' s fix was five miles south of mine and the OTC ' s 0800 position was two miles to the west of mine. Yes, this was a brief reply, so unless you are familiar with navigation, don ' t laugh and wonder how in the heck the Navigator knew where we were. The fact is, the Navi- gator and the Captain knew exactly where we were in the wide expanse of ocean. If you still don ' t believe it, how do you think we got there and back again? The Navigation Department is the smallest of the ship and while the ship is underway you will find it constantly on watch taking bearings, checking stadimeters, making new zig-zag plans and a multitude of other important duties. The quartermasters claim that theirs is the most important job on the ship; it ' s not up to me to say whether it is or it isn ' t, but I ' d hate to be at sea without them. The next time you wonder where you are just ask a quartermaster, and if you can understand all the bearings, degrees, latitudes, longitudes and astronomical constellations you ' ll know exactly where you are. . .but if you don ' t understand his professional lingo, don ' t worry, because you can rest assured ... he knows.