Des Moines (CA 134) - Naval Cruise Book

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x l?Y 9' The CS Division is responsible Tor The visual communicaTions aboard ship. The division, headed by The Signal OTTicer, is a uniT oT The OperaTions deparT- menT and draws iTs personnel Trom The raTe oT quarTermasTer. PresenT day visual communicaTions includes Tlashing lighT, ,semaphore and Tlag hoisT. Flashing lighT is used mainly Tor Transmission oT adminisTraTive TraTTic. Twelve and TourTeen inch lighTs are used Tor This purpose, and messages are TransmiTTed by use OT The lnTernaTional Morse Code, which a signalman musT masTer pro- TicienTly. Semaphore or, more Tamiliarly, wig-wag is limiTed in iTs uses because oT iTs impracTicabiliTy aT long ranges. IT is u.sually used only when ships are alongside each oTher or in porT. Flag hoisTs become more imporTanT each day, noT only Tor adminisTraTive TraTTic buT also Tor a greaT deal oT TacTical Transmissions.- lT is The iob oT every Signalman and sTril4er noT only To know The Tlags and whaT They represenT, buT also To be able To bend-on a hoisT correcTly and run iT up in The guiclcesT possible Time. The CS Division is responsible Tor The Signal Bridge, locaTed on The O3 level oT The ship's supersTrucTure. IT is here ThaT The visual communicaTions and dis- paTches originaTe and iT is here ThaT The CS Division conTribuTes Their very viTal workmanship To The liTe oT The ship. fe ,. jf iw! u f ' I 0