Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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OA DIVISICDN LT Rau AGC SinnoTT AGT Shafer AG3 lannarone AGS Wall AGAN BradT AGAN Mason AGAN Schulze AN WiTTpenn OA Division is The weaTher office aboard The ship, providing environ- rnenTal observaTions and forecasTs. The division observers or Aero- grapher's lviaies, record and encode surface and upper air observaTions. They also decode, ploT and display incoming weaTher daTa. Divisional forecasTers review, analyze and inTerpreT The aerographer's charTs and forrnulaie forecasTs for The ship, embarked aircrafT and landing crafT. New advances in Technology will bring deskiop cornpuiers To The office, which will provide a much wider range of environmenial informaTion. AGAN BradT analyzing a surface weaTher charf .4-4 I AGAN Mason Takes wind readings wifh a handheld anemomeTer

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FT 2' f 2' X i , i i ' 5 2 E E E 2 2 2 Z 5 Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z 1 Z Z 4 Z Z Z 5 Z Z 5 Z unix-7 CJPERATICNS CDR W. R. ColThursT OperaTions Officer Commander ColThursT, an inTense and colorful ops boss earned The infamous nickname of Xl. R. during The cruise and kepT iT. We will remember him mosT for his Trained killer speeches during auarTers To psyche up The deparTmenT. Known for his TalkaTive naTure, iT was crowning irony when he developed ' . CDR C lThursT is a True laryngiTis and could noT even aTTend his own farewell o professional who always is on Top of a siTuaTion wiTh his aulck lnTellecT and broad knowledge of Things amphibious. We will remember his daily chanT, l'Anybody who's noT in The Navy, is a damn fool! A 3-.A , ' - ..--:.4,f.. -4- F H,

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wg -.. OC DIVISICDN OC Division is composed of AC's or Air ConTrolrnon, who n'ToniTor oir rodors ond conTrol The orderly movernenT of oircroTT To ond from The ship. ln The l-lelioopTer DireoTion CenTer QHDCQ oir oonTroImen ensure ThoT oir ossoulT opprooohes ond reTurns ore oorreoTly vecTored. HDC coordinoTes The r'novemenT of personnel, vehicles ond equipn'TenT oshore LCDR Gilbert MAJ Cliffe ACC Crews ACT Horris AC2 Kois AC2 Word AC3 Jon YNSA ArmsTrong wiTh debork conTrol, The bridge ond prirnory flighT conTrol. During inTensive ornphibious fliQhT operoTions'ond during poor weoTher, HDC ond OC division corry ouT Their rnosT criTiooI Tosk, dir conTrol ond sofeTy. MAJ Cliffe, ACC Crews ond LCDR Gilben discuss The flighT plon 10 AC4 Horris reloys helo informoTion To The bridge MAJ ifi- .., A.: W' .-AA-- --- Cliffe droffs The flighT plon