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

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I 0 ElecTronics, in iTs presenT and poTenTial Torms, represenTs an indispensable medium oT modern warTare. Aboard The DES MOINES, T Division is responsible Tor The elecTronic mainTenance which is so viTal To The ship. A commanding role is played by elecTronics in searching ouT and idenTiTying an enemy wiTh any oT Three major search radars and aTTiliaTed IFF and pinpoinTing him Tor desTrucTion when he come.s wiThin range oT The Tire conTrol radar. Ships in a group are uniTied by a communicaTions sysTem consisTing oT dozens oT Types oT TransmiTTers and receivers. The numerous radar and communicaTions sysTems are coordinaTed by a complex neTworlc oT anTennas, miles oT conducTing and Co- axial cables, waveguides, visual indicaTors, ampliTiers and remoTe conTrol uniTs. OT secondary imporTance, alThough none-The-less viTal, is The enTerTainmenT and inTormaTion we receive Throuh elecTronics. Radio, Television and TeleType receivers and The mess hall musicbox play an imporTanT parT in The morale of The crew. T Division has The responsibiliTy of mainTaining This maze of elecTronics equip- menT in opTimum operaTing condiTion. This insures The radiomen radarmen and Tire conTrol operaTors noT only eTTecTive use oT Their respecTive lequipmenT: buT gives Them conTidence in iT as well. As The TleeT is dependenT upon elecTronics, so is elecTronics dependenT upon iTs mainTenance crew. T Division represenT.s This essenTial group aboard The DES MOINES. fi E To X X 72? -if-Z. fl X x XA 5 X .N x 1 TX ummliunnlnrmlln ' 5 f N ' N Xuillumllllllllillll wks 6' ll M T f fi '