Marshall (DD 676) - Naval Cruise Book

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01 DIVISION TOP ROW. L-R: Smith. SN; Ellis ET3; Frales. SN; Fleshman. RD3; LT (jg) Wieking; Winston. SN; Jensen. SN; Riggs, SN; Stang. RD3. BOTTOM ROW, L-R: Warner. RD3; Axelson. ET3; Cater. RD3: Erickson. ET3; West- fall. ETSN; Larson. ETSN; Williams. SN; Pillar. ET1. The OI Division is a part of the Operations Department and consists of both Radarmen and Electronic Technicians. These men are the eyes of the ship and the men who keep these eyes functioning. SKUNK, BOGIE, RING TIME . . . this is some of the strange language that is constantly being heard in CIC — the Combat Information Center. In dark- ness punctuated by the fluorescent glow of radar scopes, the Radarmen have many responsibilities, among them navigation, stationkeeping and collecting information, evaluating and disseminating this information to the people con- cerned in the shortest possible time. ' Get an ET is a favorite byword in CIC, radio and on the bridge. The Electronic Technicians are responsible for the maintenance of all radar, com- munications and identification equipment on board. Their headaches range from simple speech distortion in radios to major radar breakdowns.

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OC DIVISION The OC is composed of the communications half of the Operations Department. The men in the divi- sion include Radiomen, Quarters masters and Yeo- men. The radio gang is a group of individuals with rather unique ability to speak with their fingers. The radioman, huddled over his typewriter intently listen- ing to an endless story flowing into his ears, unable to speak or look away from his copy, is in constant fear of missing a vital dot or dash. He has all the aspects of the weird scientist setting dials, peaking meters, twisting knobs, watching and listening to the never ceasing flow of electronic impulses always present on the air. Ask him about a certain message and he ' ll jump up yelling, What ' s the number on it? If it ' s lost, it didn ' t happen on my watch! The Quartermasters are a more weather beaten bunch because of the hours of watches, night and day, that they stand on the signal bridge. These are the best people with the knowledge of such forms of communications as flag hoists, flashing lights and semaphore. On the bridge they send, receive and translate tactical signals, controlling the teamwork of a group of maneuvering ships. They also have the responsibility of keeping the nautical charts and pub- lications up to date and write the history of the ship in the deck log. The Yeomen are the men who run the ship ' s office. They keep service records up to date, and handle the ship ' s mail — operation orders, instructions and other paper work necessary for the smooth functioning of a fighting ship.