Joseph Kennedy (DD 850) - Naval Cruise Book

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he Mvlcg e Underway, the bridge is the ship's command station, the nerve center of all its activities. ipfllegardless of the hour an alert watch 'serves as Qeyes, ears and brain of a tightly organized unit to insure, above all, the safety of ship and crew. gActing as the representative of the Captain is the Officer of the Deck, assisted by a junior Officer of the Deck, and CIC Watch Officer. Among them they ffanswer radio circuits, work the maneuvering board, abreast of the complete tactical situation and, above all, conn the ship using sound principles of seamanship. The enlisted bridge watch fills many critical Efbillets. The quartermaster assists the OOD in determining his navagational position. The boat- fi-swain's mate ensures that all daily routine is fproperly carried out, passes all required information Sand ,runs the enlisted watchtllnder his supervision are the helmsman, lee helm, messenger andlookouts. A taut watch is a must on the ship's control stationsg Ginapp keeps the Q bridge watch squared away. if ' .M gf, ' fy, 3 , M ,, W f .. 0 f, 4, f,.., A , , , K, I 557' T ,, fl 301, L 5n.4... Ops Officer or not, we should have left W1 hou you . I . 4 ,,!. , Myer - K . . - f- - ,, f,-, if 52219-f' -Afffff L ' vii-'ff -if ,fi i f ' ,. ' f f f x f f , , ' f'fM24ygX'f f' . 4 Y ,,'f, f ,-4, f',, . X, , .. f',, 4 v f, ,f ,..-,fo I V ff '

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I 5 ' s . SQ if -S fl 1 1 tk K 4 4 Y Q 1: ff igfj im ,ez , sw QQQXJ . :fa Wf- KZ P75 We Re- zzelmcg and Repleniybmenf Twenty-seven times during our deployment the ship refueled while underway. Usually we received only fuel, mail, and perhaps some emergency repair parts from the lone oiler with which we made rendez- vous. On four occasions, however, half the fleet was there with us as Service Force ships of all types restocked, rearmed and refueled the combatant ships that formed Task Group 60.2. In either case, replenishment at sea was always an all-hands evolution. The bridge watch was strengthenedg the engineers manned a maneuvering detail in the holds and placed men at the sounding stations. Gunnery persomlel manned the three transfer stations. Everyone else pulled on the The smoking lamp is out throughout the ship while A taking on fuel. Q I I ,5,W,,,l ,, aj ' f ,JZXQCQQX ' 4, M44 ,A 474 XM f. QQ, .WL ' 'X gf ' H ff . 4 I Q fy, fn Jffi . 11, 2 71 wewfw-wwe WwfMw1 gf ,W'f2'f1f7f,?'i, ? 4' 1 , bl 5 WW? f 2 , i 1 Q I 4 wr' g , . fri ' Vw ' ' X y.,V,,,,,uV,,.7ZW Z, . 5,03 1 I U4 'lfykffgi 4 Q ' ,1WiWWf,,, ,i gf' 2 ff Av ,,Mfl,,y,,A Q 4 'fV'f'7 P' , After station has a five minute standy. rl o 4 E .A Coming alongside, everyone prepares to stand by foi shot lines. BMA , , HWS!!