Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT 17

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The sea lane from Suez to Aden is one of the busiest in the world. A ship has to have sharp eyes and ears when passing through this Broadway of the Seas. The Operations Department is the ship ' s eyes and ears— in fact it amoimts to the ship ' s nerve center through which the ship main- tains contact with the outer world. As we passed the Red Sea, Operations had many responsibilities. The magic eye of radar picked up on- coming ships long before the lookouts. The Combat Information Center plotted the tracks of these distant ships and reported their courses, speeds and closest points of approach. Through radio, Operations informed Aden of our time of arrival. It arranged for the exchange of the 21 -gun national salute, and for the exchange of official calls. Radio was also busy with all of our per- sonal radio-telephone calls to our families back home. And of course the radiomen copied the press news and mimeographed our morning newspaper. The sonarmen stood constant watch over the fathometers. The quartermasters plot- ted the soundings and carefully recorded the other oceanographic information we are ahvays gathering. The Operations Officer himself, in his additional capacity as Navigator, took sun and star sights and plotted our position many times a day. He suggested courses to be steered and foretold the lights and land- marks to be sighted. Such are the duties of the Operations Departm ' ent during the course of enroute voyages. As the ship arrived in the survey area the tempo of activity stepped up. The Base Camp, the three Lorac stations, the four sound boats and the two tugs all were administered via the radio room. There were many messages and there was great clamor. Meanwhile, as the ship commenced run- ning sound lines, the ship control personnel became super alert, for the danger of dis- covering a new pinnacle with the ship ' s bottom was ever present. It was very much like a wartime operation in submarine in- fested waters. In fact, sonar was used to search for pinnacles. The postoffice too is a part of the Opera- tions Department. The mail had to be, and was, pursued, captured and delivered! Aramco planes, ship ' s boats, trucks and the helicopter all cooperated in this task. It is easy to see why the ship ' s nerve center is called Operations. Its people- radiomen, quartermasters, sonarmen, ra- darmen and telemen— are primarily in- volved with the guidance of the units under the operational control of the Survey Group Commander. 18