John McCain (DDG 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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C ) QM3 C. A. BINKLEY QMS J. E. CANNON % Lv f 3 yH 0 ' l L MM K l ; H P ■ i 1 R 1 Bl .- J QMSN T. C. NEWCOMBE QMSA W. J. ROWAND QMSN R. J. YODER Our Navigator ' s a jolly tar, He shot the truck light for a star, And wonders where in the hell we are, In the Armored Cruiser Squadron Navy Song, The Armored Cruiser Squadron, c. 1904 1

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In following the traditions set by sailors thousands of years before them, the Quartermasters of the JOHN S. MC CAIN faithfully carried out their duties of winding the chronometers, recording the weather observations, updating the navigational charts, and maintaining the deck logs. In navigating across the Pacific and back home again they combined the old techniques with the new. Ancient practices such as dead reckoning and celestial navigation were backed up by the use of modern electronic equipment, including Omega, still considered to be in the experimental stages. In all, they safely navigated over 30,000 nautical miles as well as the ports of Pearl Harbor, Hi; Subic Bay. R. P.; Hong Kong; and Guam. To the QM ' s a job well done. QMl R. K. ANDERSON QM2 T. S. KNUFF QMS J. R. EVANS 104

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HMC J. A. KNOTT PNC R. C. SAZON ' K L 31 1 Hk f f 1 S jk k IV- i f Jt YNC K. W. SMITH PNl M. A. REMILLARD ASl D. J. VESSELS NAVIGATION THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT In administration are the Yeomen and Personnelmen; they take care of the ships paperwork. The Career Counselor advises his shipmates on the various programs offered by the Navy. The Hospital Corpsmen who were kept very busy in Subic Bay, taking care of their shipmates ' medical needs. Our Journalist is the man that sends out the Big John and gave us all those great television shows while we were deployed. 106