Mispillion (AO 105) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 RCGVI DY9, G0lVlI'1, Hadley, Scott. Front: Watts. Feauto, Finotti, Douglas. THE QUARTERMASTER GANG Expert helmsmen and masters in the art of visual signalling, our Skivvy-wavers are equally adept at the wheel and with the flags. They keep up the deck log, an accurate accounting of all happenings on board ship. They use the sextant, quadrant, parallel rules, loran alidad, three arm protractors, and other devices in celestial and electronic navigation. They operate a miniature shipboard weather station determin- ing wind velocity and direction, visibility and sky conditions, and sea and swell conditions. They also keep a record of the outside temperature, the temperature of the sea water, and the barometric pressure. The Quartermasters are in charge of the ship's many clocks, and keep us on time all the time. Their cleaning spaces include the charthouse, the wheelhouse, and the signal bridge. 4, ng 'H Feauto shoots the sun. Tyrell works the signal light.

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S . PM . K I , K XX 0 A-. 1 - r l The eyes of the ship, these Radarmen can spot objects on the surface or in the air at distances far greater than the normal range of vision. The Scopescanners can gaze into their crystal ball and spot an object many miles away either day or night, in all kinds of weather. They handle combat and tactical operations and communications and assist the Navigator and the Officer of the Deck in various ship's maneuvers. With their plotting board they can determine the course, speed, and closest point of approach of a ship or aircraft before their whereabouts can be disclosed by the naked eye! . . . Standing: Winters, Sherman, Larkin Kroon, Rooney, Bryant, Gilbert. Kneeling: Wright, Keefe, McBride. Kroon plots maneuvers while Bryant receives a message over the combat tactical net. x . fi Winters picks up pointers on operating the surface rch radar from Larkin.

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Q pm . gy:-'fn i i Sandoval, Lowe, and Sidwell. . Their rate says they are Telemen , to us, they're mailmen - that is, of course, when there is mail! ln addition to rendering full postal services for the Mighty Miss , they also pass and receive regu- lar and registered mail from the ships we replenish. Other professional requirements in their rating de- mand a working knowledge of teletype operation and maintenance, and general communications proce- dure, so the telemen are quite often found in the radio shack learning by practical experience and practicing what they have learned l l 5 l if L 1 2 L 5 l l i l l S 4 X t 1 11 l Ready for a mail run . 2 S