Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Uperations Department The OperaTions DeparTmenT beTTer known as OPS for OOPS depending on who you Talk To has Truly been in The cenTer oT The ship s acTiviTies during The pasT seven monTh deploymenT To The UniTed STaTes SevenTh EleeT OrganizaTionally The deparTmenT is builT around iTs Three sTalward divisions OE OI OC and is ably lead by The OperaTions OTTicer I-T GaeTon Long who is The auThor in a while iT you looked quickly you could caTch a glimpse oT The GreaT I3aleTace I-T KnuTe SchmidT as he sTepped ouT oT' The sunnyconfines oT CIC To parTake of an occasional meal in The wardroom This caused no one any greaT worry Tor we all knew ThaT iTThe'CIC OTTicer was gone his able assisTanT LTJG l-lank I-eopold was There To Take his place I-Iank could usually be Tound in CIC y l I . of The deparTmenT's baTTle cry, ' 'Seaman Kniefel-9i6. 'Every once ff I Y, I The sea is an unnaTural environmenT Tor man, and iT Takes someThing exTra Tor men To live wiTh iT. L Paul I-I. IXIiTze - as virTually every waking momenT IabouT 3 hours a dayj was 'spenT busily Trying To balance The wardroom mess sTaTemenT. Mid-way Through The cruise LTJG Bob Poelking, aTTer a shorT sTay aT The Subic Bay IVIenTal I-IospiTal To recuperaTe from The aTTer eTTecTs of his Iob as ElecTronics lVIaTerial OTTicer, relieved LTJG Rboy Driver as CommunicaTions OTTicer. IT was The unTorTunaTe experience oT ENS Rick You break iT and I'll Tix iT - maybe I-Iarbaugh To relieve as EMO. The new CommunicaTions OTTicer was Too shorT To reach The Top oT The message delivery boxes in Radio CenTral so Bupers ordered in ENS Russ Six TooT Two, eyes of blue Lind- sTedT To Take care oT The higher level' work in Radio. GeTTing back To The more serious side oT The picTure, The OperaTions DeparTmenT lived up To iTs name and hard earned repuTaTion as The OperaTing DeparTmenT. OI Division sTood many long porT and sTarboard waTches in order To provide seniors'in The chain oT command wiTh accuraTe and deTailed analysis oT The curren'T TacTical picTure. OC Division also sTood a Two secTion waTch in order'To provide boTh The ship and various embarked sTaTTs wiTh The rapid, reliable, and secure communicaTions so necessary To compleTion oT any assigned mis- sion. Backing up her Two sisTer divisions was OE. The men of OE were Task ed wiTh keeping all assigned elecTronic ge.ar up and ready Tor insTanT use on any assigned mission. -WiThouT The coordinaTed eTTorTs of every person in The. deparTmenT, JOE STRAUSS would noT have been able To leave The- SevenTh I:leeT wiTh The ouTsTanding record she leTT behind.

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One of The mosT powerful arms of The SevenTh' l:leeT is The ATTack Carrier STriking Force which Tlevv daily sTrikes agai,nsT NorTh VieTnam from Three aTTack carriers on Yankee STaTion in The Tonkin buT mosT necessary ofall The desTroyer s iobs is escorTing carriers known as plane-guarding 'ii 'l ii li l i lg ll ' ill Gulf. And one of The leasT glamorous il' ' il. ,li I rig li ii li l l iv if 1 l li WiThouT in any way beliTTling The parT Thar air- rf i .1 .., i ll? planes play in war on The seas, we musT noT loose sighT of The TacT ThaT planes flying over The seas Q1 owe Their exisTence and uTiliTy To The exisTence of ll surface ships. The Time has noT yeT come when we ri can dispense vviTh war ships To give iT proTecTion. l. - Y. STirling, Jr. - lf: il i I li li ii I i ii 1 .ill l iii ill il L. TM ir- ii T CARRIER OPERA TMNS lla il ii l l 1 T During TlighT operaTions, a carrier musT have a sTeady wind over her TlighT deck To launch and recover aircraTT, and when There is no wind, she musT make her ovvn by sTeaming on a sTeady course. A TavoriTe Trick oT some Toreign Travvlers is Trying To force carriers oTT course during TlighT operaTions, delaying The launch or recovery of aircraTT. BuT wiTh desTroy- ers and oTher ships To run inTerTerence, carriers seldom have To a.lTer Their courses Tor oTher ships.

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i' Bock Rovvg K. Scnmidl, A. l-lernondez, R. Keillw, R. Nelson, M. l-lobbs, D. Burgess, D. Qoskom, B. Pine N. Asn, l-l. Leopold. , l:ron'r Row: J. Borns, J. Erlewine, N. Vicforino, M. I-lofer, M. Eosl, A. Knielel, J. Souzo, J. Plummer. QP Q9 1 .1 ill l l . s I 5 ,, . , SQ? Ll -l , 4 Q of S , ,l W xl 1. kt 0l Division ,