Des Moines (CA 134) - Naval Cruise Book

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11- r 5 1 l E 'C 1 K! re 5 F 11 ,V ,, L ff- I nl' 'f Yeomen in executive office. A Print shop. 7- - 'wid ' 'Y ' ' 5 Photo lub. Chopluin's yeomen in crew's lounge

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EX D OU SAY you want a transfer? early liberty? a new rate? Who should you see? Judging from the num- ber of special requests that pass through the Executive Oliice every day, it seems that -you all know. Remember the day you reported aboard? The Quar- termaster of the watch logged you in and turned you over to the Master-at-Arms, who in turn took you to the Executive Oliice where you handed in your records and orders. There you were given a card on which to check in and were assigned to one of the departments in the ship. A p What will happen when you leave? Just about the same thing in reverse. The Executive Office will inform you that you have orders, give you your check-out card and direct you to have it signed at the various places indicated thereon. When thatis through, you'll pick up your orders and records at the oliice, log out with the Quartermaster of the watch, salute the OOD and off you go. Both processes seem simple enough, but between that logging in and logging out you may have ad- vanced in rate, been sent to school, or some other form S1011 of temporary additional duty, had your rate changed to something entirely different, gone on leave, needed a new ID card, applied for transfer, special liberty, shipped over, or extended your enlistment, f volun- tarily or otherwisej, gone on shore patrol or beach guard, changed divisions, started to draw more longev- ity pay, or you may even have gone to mast or had a court-martial, or been given a medal. This may give you the impression that the Executive Office is the whole of the EX Division, far from it, for though the division is relatively small, it has many en- tirely different functions. The Master-at-Arms already mentioned are in the division-you all know their job-as are the ship's printers, the photographers, the personnel of the Education and Training Office, and the Chaplain's assistants. The printers see that the shipis newspaper, the Hawkeye, is put on paper, as well as the Plan of the Day, all sorts of memorandums and orders, dope on ports to be visited, the roster of ofiicers, the boat sched- ules, and such things as operation orders and plans which most of us never get to see. J. A. Wallick, BM1: E. J. Duffy PN1: R. D. Clark, PN3: H. H Sfephens, PN3: J. R. Sossaman BM2 .... SECOND ROW: J. J W. R. Emard, SN: C. W. Woods YNSN: E. F. Miller, YN1: S. W Jones, PI3 .... THIRD ROW: P P. Jarrell, BM1: R. A. O'ConnelI BMI: J. J. Louritt, PNC: W. E McGibney, BMC: C. D. Hopkins ENS: C. C. Minchey, CSCLK: L neaux, GMI: E. S. Johnson PH2. . . . FOURTH ROW: J. E YNSN: E. W. Francis, PN3: W M. Booher, SN: R. E. Bliss, Jr. SN: N. J. Champagne, PH3: L Renevifz, PNSN: E. J. Hnilicka PI2: L. A. Booritch, PH3: B. L horn, YNSN: Morey, SN. FRONT ROW: L. T. Squires, BMI: I Nill, PNSN: H. J. Connors, YN2: I W. Robshaw, YNC: S. J. Arbo- Zachary, PI1: W. D. Beyer, Tangherlini, PH3: H. K. Terk- l Training office.

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I l i 1 l Signal flags up. FRONT ROW: G. W. Hughes, SA G. L. Hughes, SA: K. W. Strat: tard, SA: D. L. Clayton, SA: C U. Voshall, SA: R. E. Delesder- nier, SA. . . . SECOND ROW: .I R. Adams, SN: R. .I. Williams, QM2: A. G. Chinchar, YNT1: H L. Touchstone, QM1: C. T. Kess- ing Ens L G Cou le QM1 T: , .: . . g , tl D. G. Wilfgen, QMHTJ: V. C Rasmussen, QM3: J. E. Parr QM3 .... THIRD ROW: .I. .I Doran, QMZKTJ: C. P. Zacharos SA: G. R. Wournell, QM3: B. C Robbins, QM3: H. L. Miller QMS3: L. P. Church, SN: S. E Higginbotham, QMS2fTJ: E. R Lynch, QM3: R. Michaud, SA. I o CS , HEN MEN first started going down to the sea in ships a system by which one could communicate with the other was needed. Therefore visual communi- cations Were developed. From the days of the sailing ships of yesteryear to the present day task fleets, the grandfather of all types of seafaring communications, visual communications, has remained the most re- liable means of communication. The present day visual communications are handled by experts called signalmen. These signalmen, consist- ing of petty officers and seamen, are formed into Watch standing sections and placed, for administrative pur- poses, in the HCS,' Division. The CS Division, headed by the Signal Officer, is a vital element of the Opera- tions Department. The Signal Officer is responsible to the Communications Officer who in turn is responsible to the Operations Officer. The signalman's primary responsibility is all visual communications including flag hoist, flashing light, semaphore, panels, and pyrotechnics. Flag hoist is the fastest means of relaying visual communications of a tactical nature. Anyone who has been to sea or stood on shore Watching a man-of-war running up the bright- ly colored flags has Watched that part of visual com- munications called flag hoist. Each flag or group of flags are called hoist and each hoist has a separate and distinct pre-arranged meaning. A