Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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T iz, CombaT Informafion CenTer, or CIC is The operaTions,cenTer or War room of a Guided Missile DesTroyer in combaT operaTions. The men who work There are highly Trained and skilled Radarmen. CIC is a large dark room divided inTo smaller red lighfed areas, each vviTh a specialized funcTion. This area is filled WiTh The laTesT and mosT modern elecTronic eauipmenf in The Navy. WiTh The push, pull or Tvvisf of knobs These professionals conTrol and assisT This fighTing ship in a varieTy of environmenTs, AnTi-Air Warfare, AnTi-Submarine Warfare, Shore I3ombardmenT, Radar NavigaTion, and ElecTronic CounTer Measures. During This deploymenT, STRAUSS has spenT The maIoriTy of The Time firing her guns boTh in OperaTion Sea Dragon in NorTh VieTnam and offering Naval Gunfire SupporT To forces in SouTh VieTnam. We in-CIC be- lieve ThaT iT is all done from our space and as a resulr of -our acTions. MarTin, Norman, and VicTorino, WiTh whom we like To Think The Weapons DeparTmenT would have a hard Time using Their guns, ploT The ship' s. posiTion in an exTremely accuraTe and Timely fashion. From This They obTain offseTs To be used in The fire conTrol compuTer. While They are busy Trying To find a good seT,of poinTs from which To obTain a radar fix, Mike EasT and John lplumj Plummer are busy Talking To our airborne spoTTer obTaining TargeT descripfion and coordinaTes. AnoTher member of The Team is Chief BarTholomevv IBarTI. Norman lNormj Ash and 'Jack Barns are conTrolling aircrafT which paTrol The coasTline To deTecT and direcT fire againsT lucraTive TargeTs of opporTuniTy. WiThouT The help of Rod KeiTh, I3aT Erlevvine, and Esourgeious on.The surface search radar, MarTy Hafer and Vic would noT have goTTen Their fixes. Also on The surface search radar, Herky Hernandez and Jimmy Souza were keeping an eagle eye for hosTile surface TargeTs and Dave Roskam and Tiny Taylor were mainTa'ining The 'Air ThreaT picTure. Bill Pine and Rick Nelson had Their personalized commanche boards and were making The minor adiusTmenTs. required To bring our guns on TargeT. Wallace Jackson, Marlin Hobbs and Jerry Allovvay acTed as recorders, ploTTers, Talkers in The relay of informaTion To The bridge. Our CIC was The place To be during combaT operaTions, for us iT was inTeresTing, challenging and never dull, we were where The ACTION was. BuT This was noT all The Radarmen did They were in porT and sTarboard vvaTches The full Time. We navi- gaTed long TransiTs and vvide or narrow channels inTo our liberTy porTs We mainTained a conTinuous ECM vvaTch in hosTile environmenT This plus many oTher large and small Iobs ThaT were necessary helped make JOSEPH STRAUSS The fighTing ship she is We all had an engoyable cruise and gained much valu able experience buT iT is nice To be back in Pearl Harbor again 1 1 if ' ' . , . . - -T f .

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l During The pasT seven monThs, The ET's have been Tasked wiTh The responsibiliT of mainT ' ' Th H , . I I . y aining e s ip s highly cpmpleqx radar, communicaTions and elecTronic counTermeasure sysTems. Many long hours' were T T - ' ' ' ' - ' - spen rou e s ooTing various casualTies buT The final resulT of resToring a piece of equipmenT To operaTing condiTion made The work worThwhile. IT is True ThaT casrepTs were submiTTed by The dozen buT we feel ThaT a- magoriTy of These were due, noT To The lack of ET knowledge, buT raTher To The lack of .s are parTs and an occasional loss of elecTriciTy by The engineers. In The final analysis Though we owe a glfeaT deal of Thanks To The friendly supply clerks and snipes, for wiThouT Their efforTs innumefable casualTies would have never arisen To challenge our knowledge. An addiTional responsibiliTy was underTaken while offT Tlhe XQieTnaH1q coasT lan ThaT The ET's could be found up in CIC sTanding elecTronic counTermeasure VVG ' ' - . . . c es o ga er 'inTe igence and provide early warning of any poTenTial enemy aTTack. For Their fine work The ET s received several congraTulaTory messages from seniors in The chair of command. T l The harsh shriek pealing from The wardroom undoubTedly comes from The mouTh of The ElecTranics MaTerial Officer when he is Told anoTher piece of communicaTions gear is down. AfTer a shorT period of wallowing in his Tears, The composed-EMO races up To The signal bridge where The BaT signal is flashed on The clouds. Upon seeing The signal l3aTman German races from his million dollar mansion in The sky QThaT is, The Chief's Loungej and swoops downon The arch enemy, Radio CenTral. Ably assisTed by Robin, The boy wonder fMike Floodj our hero begins anoTher fighT for TruTh, jusTice and The American way of life. The fighT is noT easy for Radio CenTral is assisTed by Those oTher nasTies, Drop-The-load Cuneo and DefecTive I3arTs Evans In The end all Twelve ET s mlghT have To loin in The fray buT as any good comic book fan knows The good guys always win in The end So once more The EMO can reTire safely To his piT resT assured ThaThis nervous breakdown is posTponed unTil anoTher day While in The background The sound begins To swell The L10 radar is down The AO radar is down So sTarTs anoTher exciTing episode in The life of an EMO Tune in Tomorrow same Time same channel for anoTher exciTing episode in The conTinuing sTory of AS Tl-IE RADAR ROTATES , . . . . . . , , - 1 . . . . - If . A. . ,, .. . . . . 1 ' ' . , .. . . . . ,, 1 rv