Curts (FFG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LT BRIAN SMITH OPERATIONS OFFICER THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SHIPS SENSORS, THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF THE SHIP, EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, HULL MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION, DECK SEA- MANSHIP AND HELICOPTER OPERATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT IS COMPOSED OF OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS (OS), WHO CONDUCT SURFACE AND AIR SEARCH, CON- TROL AIRCRAFT, AND GATHER AND PROCESS THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY MANEUVER AND FIGHT THE SHIP; QUARTERMASTERS (QM) WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFE NAVIGATION; BOATSWAINS MATES (BM) WHO ARE RESPON- SIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE SHIPS HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE, DECK SEAMANSHIP EVOLUTIONS INCLUDING ANCHORING, MOORING, REPLENISHMENT AT SEA, AND CONDUCTING HELICOPTER OPERATIONS; RADIOMEN (RM) WHO OPERATE VARIOUS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SYS- TEMS, AS WELL AS PROCESSING ALL HARDCOPY MESSAGE TRAFFIC; AND SIGNALMEN (SM) WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING ALL VISUAL MESSAGE TRAFFIC SENT OR RECEIVED VIA FLAGS, FLASHING LIGHT, OR SEMAPHORE. OPS IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DEPARTMENT ON CURTS. 11