John Thomason (DD 760) - Naval Cruise Book

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OI Division FRONT ROW: RDSN Roberto, RDSN Wright, ETN2 Kuri er, RD3 Anderson, ETN2 Soukup, ETR3 Baker, BACK ROW: LT fjgy Brett, ETN3 Martin, RD1 Chambers, RD3 McDona?d, RD3 Afflerbeck, ETR2 Demoss, RD3 King, RD8 Bayne, ETR2' Hurley, RD1 Smart, LT fjgJSi1ther1and. I 2 'Nun

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OPERATIONS

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Y www: The radarmen, ET's, and corpsmen com- prise O1 Division. The radarmen operate our search radars and are responsible for plotting our position among our underway formations. The ET's maintain the radars, radio equipment and electronic tests equip- ment. John Demoss, ETR2, while trying to point out that the ET's don't receive suf- ficient recognition for their work from the crew, stated that they are responsible for no less than 2 radars, 7 radar repeater consoles, 21 transmitter-receivers, 1 IFF system, and over 120 pieces of test equip- ment. 'He maintained that because the ET's work mostly in security spaces, the crew doesn't see them at work and therefore thinks that they don't do much. His worries are groundless, however, as everyone knows how hard the poor ET's work. But the ET's did manage to do an outstand- ing job of keeping their gear up this past cruise. Much of this success, according to the gang, is attributable to the technical knowledge and skills of ETR3 Martin. He made a considerable contribution, being responsible for a lot of work. The quartermasters didn't appreciate the ET's very much, however, back in Sasebo, Captain Vines was kept awake by some late hour revelry which he thought was coming from the Log Room next to his cabin. He subsequently had all the QM's take a short test, their performance determining how soon they got to go on liberty, The test was a dilly and put all the QM's in from 2 to 5 days of dry dock. The tough part was that they weren't the ones making all the racket. It wouldn't be right to mention any names, but the radar transmitter room--the E T 's haunt--is right next to the log room.