Maury (AGS 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENS STEVEN F. CUNNINGHAMy Division Officer and Communications Officer OC DIVISIO The maintenance of reliable, secure and rapid external communications is never an easy task, but it may be said that during this cruise it has been no less than hectic. All ran smoothly until we reached our remote survey area and discovered that normal channels of Fleet Communi- cations were beyond our reception. As a result, we have employed means which have been out of general use for over five years.'With a reversion to the old CW system, MAURY Radiomen were given a good workout in methods only lightly covered in their schooling. It is commendable that this challenge was met with fine performances and we have maintained our link with the Fleet and with those Commands interested in MAURY's survey mission. Conditions have been frustrating, but similar conditions are becoming standard operating procedure for MAURY communications personnel because of the remote areas into which our surveys often take us. The duties of our Aerographic Unit have been extremely productive this cruise. There is little or no data issued for the South American area to aid in the daily fore- casting of local weather conditions. So it has been that the nickname weather guessers has been their watchword However, the data collected and relayed to our Fleet Weather Facilities as a result of the many sounding balloon launches will become a basis for very valuable climatological atlases. Our data output here will probably double the amount of similar information collected for this area in the past. serif , Q , ssnmsqi sl lst row ' Binns, Henderson 2nd row - Sokol, Schmidt, Quesnel Not shown: Sullivan, Roberts, Ryan, Morton OaDe11 Laure ,,fel,Wi ,,.c. li iii Willis, . ,mm-51

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- ---- -.7 .-N-..-.,,-an,-.,.-f.:,, .... ,.....f.-f..- ,, . , i,. . e OE DIVI IO mission. and radar navigation. In fulfulling the Radarmen maintain complete chart cation and tactical publications and logs. The Electronics Technicians, whose to soundboats and beachcamps as well cations equipment of Radio Central. LTJG LEE H. SHELDON Division Officer and CIC Officer Radarmen and Electronics Technicians, who comprise OE C0perations Electronicsb Division, provide the technical assistance to aid MAURY in the accomplishment of her The Radarmen, in manning the ship's Combat Information Center, assist the Officer of the Deck by maintaining radio communications with the soundboats, helicopter, and beachcamps, tracking and reporting radar contacts, Combat's mission, portfolios, communi the many and varied abilities are required in almost all phases of a survey, are attached as the ship. The jobs of preparing electronic equipment for a survey, performing preventive maintenance, and repairs are immense at best. In addition, they maintain the communi- 1st row - Scordo, Heimbach, Andrews, Bischoff, Chappell 2nd row - Berndt, Hoover, Andersen, Lewis, Hbgenmiller ., . - -,-..i-,,,..,,.,.-... ...im ,, , x 1 X ' e - tn