Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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FCSN Chadwick Chariton FCSN Thomas Girouard SN John Hauser FCSN Scott Holtzapfel FCSN Paul Keith FCSN Tyron Mellott FCSN David Morrison Ft ' SN Jaime Rojas FCSN Jeffrey White FCSN Stephen Wilcox FCSN Robert Wolf Mighty Mos Spot-H. FC3 Bell sets the firing sequence for the main battery on this switch- board. FC3 Miramontes is the trainer in the di- rector. He determines the target ' s bearing.

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FC3 Cates cranks data into the MK-8 computer to calculate the firing solutions for the big guns. FC3 Nimmo is the range finder operator. He deter- mines the target distance with the huge range finder to his right and with the radar indicator behind him. FC3 Humberto Miramontes FC3 Robert Nimmo FC3 Richard Nusspickel FC3 Mark Oster FC3 Mark Poole FC3 Daron Sandbergh FC3 Curtis Scott FC3 Bradley Shenk FC3 Edward Smithy SN Steven Benyo

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F-3 F-3 Division is secondary battery fire control. The MK 37 gunfire control sys- tem, originally designed during the 1930 ' s and progressively updated with the advent of radar during the 1940 ' s and 1950 ' s, still retains the ability, in partnership with the MK 38 dual pur- pose 5 38 guns, to deal with a wide array of modern air and surface threats. The key to success in secondary battery fire control is teamwork. Each of the 43 men in F-3 Division performs an intri- cate and often demanding job that is vital to delivering ordered fire on target on time. Secondary Plot ' s switchboard forward for the five-inch guns is manned bv FCSN Jacobs, FC3 Finder, FCSN Fernandez, FCS Brock and FCSN Mitchem. FC1 Joseph Granieri FC1 Dennis Thomas FCl Ronald J. Davis Jr. FC1 James Palmer FCl Charles Barton FC2 Mark Ferguson