Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Engineering Department is responsible for propelling the ship through the water, providing elec- trical power and fresh water, maintenance of auxiliary equipment, damage control, heating, ventilation and piping systems, motors in the ship's boats, and all repairs, whether accomplished by the ship's crew, tender or shipyard. For organizational purposes the de- partment is divided into the E and R Divisions. The E Division is composed of boilermen and machinists mates under the direction of the engineer- ing officer. They keep the ship moving through operation of the boilers and steam turbines and asso-R ciated equipment. They also operatethe evaporators which supply the ship With fresh Water for the boilers and all hands. Working With division is the log room yeoman who keeps all records for the department, and the oil king whose job it is to keep the fuel evenly distributed, together with salt Water ballast to main- tain the ship's trim. The R , or repair division is divided into three basic groups: electrical, repair and auxiliary. The first group comprises electricians and IC electricians Who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of all electrical equipment, the gyro compass, internal com- munications and obtaining and showing movies. Repair consists of men of the damage control, pipefitter and metalsmith rates. These men make all minor alterations and hull repairs, and operate and maintain the gear used in con- trolling damage which may occur in battle or through accident. The auxiliary group are the enginemen Who repair andfor operate all auxiliary equipment including boat engines, heating and ventilation gear and the machine shop. The RH Division as a Whole forms the core of the repair parties which are manned when the ship goes to general quarters. f l ' FORWARD ENGINE Room 1.8 D GI EERING LZZZZZL v-.1 2 A Pm 1 r g D :ka . f. W H A I- r W , ,T ' 1 r in ' . . R fl .' a . lg 1 , ' ., 1 ff - -f iw :?'b j 0 A RC ff L ss ff . 4 L4 I uf!! If X frdkf,-U up X LOG ROOM TYPICAL -- SNGINJER. r FORWARD FIRE ROOM A

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The Operations Department has the general re- sponsibility for: navigation, collection, evaluation and dissemination of operational and intelligence informa- tion, operation of external communications, operation of air, surface and submarine, detection gear, and the maintenance of all electronic gear required for the above activities. To accomplish these tasks the following groups have been established: - ,A The radiomen, under the communications officer, send and .receive shortwave QCWD dispatches and handle the internal routing of all. messages to the officers concerned. They also, along with the teleman who doubles as mail clerk, .operate the teletype, source of High Seas 'Highlightsh the ship's newspaper. The quartermaster signalmen handle all visual communica- tions, such as flashing light, flag hoists and semaphore. Quartermasters who are assigned to the navigator, aid in maintaining a ship's log notebook, take naviga- tional bearings and correct various charts and publications. . Radarmen, who work in Combat Information Center QCIC7, operate the air and surface radars to search for, report and track- contacts. The majority of voice radio circuits are handledhere as well as-logs of all voice radio- transmissions. As an aid to the Officer. of the Deck and Navigator, a navigational plot is maintained. The maintenance of search radars and radios is the responsibility of the Electronics Technicians as directed by the electronics officer. Ship's office yeomen, under the ship's secretary, are responsible to the Execu- tive Qfficer for the handling of all official correspondence and maintain all personnel records other than disbursing and health. MAIN RADIO 20 O PERAT IOE D at A Q . X 3 f A ua s E 1 w pf I 1: X at A Q10 B Q 5 5 I 1' t II '7 4. X-I: v 4' N- 4 -o 4 v 5 , -VJ, 6 eg? , J, .J A ev-gig-4, 1-,lp orc X M y ev 4,0 ao To ,990 5+ IA Q, '52 -PT cp, 1 not -ve. s 4, pt S 4 I-14,6 9.9, 41 7-o '93 'I Ml' 5' fp I Hngp 1043! 9 1 WORK 5 'T'-T ,ri f 5 , L sip :AHL vc rr ali UJL. 5 - fzx X 2: X :dig X SHOOTING THE STARS Upon the sonarmen rests the responsibility for detection, tracking, and attack of enemy submarines and the maintenance of associated equipment. This group was recently transferred to the Second Division of the Gunnery Department. COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER