Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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AH' -- I Q it Holding selzool in the clzartlzoase, the Chief .Quartermaster explaim details of navigation and piloting to the younger men. XD rPEEDS 1 3175 all -gg ' -If .- 1W:fHC,1 W -milfs 2 i- rf bum' , 1 , ,,., -sfffryw mr A the shi? , . 'f. ':' , . .fu 5. ,Y-in ,. 1 1 V' :,- Tu? 'W .19 . 16 'f ,ggl-'I . V , W , , .V W ' ' i Tlze qziartermaster who identfes and takeav liearingy on land- marks help: fx the poyition for ootlz navigation and giinneiy. On the open bridge the Navigator and his a.v5i.rtant5 perform a daibf ritual- taking .fights of the liglzthouses in the Jky. 41 3 The renter Q' navigational activity is tlze clzartlzouse, 'where the Navigator conftantbf keeps the Jhiplv position plotted. k '4.L, Tlze Ohm-567' of tlze Deehtlze ouarternzafter, and tlze helnixrnan keep a eonxtant vigil in tlze pilothozzfe wlzcnever underway.

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l nl? l Te., f. ... ... V . -., X E I , - v,-MQ. 'X ,. ,, V. 1 3 J 'H' V i 2... f 2 i '- ' 1 l .l rl i 'A E. .,, , A . ,, H RANGE, BEARING, TIME, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, COURSE AND sPEEDs , fjijwl HE accomplishment of a mission means more to the Y men of the Navigation Department than merely charting the SANTA FE's course across the seas, or the navigator's taking his sights evening twilights. They must first pilot the ship safely past the rocks and shoals of the harbor entrance, and then con- stantly determine her position by the sun and stars. Their work in- -cludes steering the ship through- -out various maneuvers, so that 'she maintains proper station and follows the designated track. Daily they check the ship's chronometers and clocks, so that her operations synchronize with those of the other ships in the precise timing required in modern warfare. li ' The aerographer's mate must 124 furnish the weather data so important to the aviators and gunners as Well as the Captain. The buglers provide their part of the daily routine with calls that range from reveille to general quarters. Then, if the mission is a shore bom- , bardment ofenemy territory, the E N dividion must have the ship during the morning and s arrive at the desired point at exactly the ordered instant, so that the gunnery personnel can carry out their part ofthe opera- tion. The history ofthe ship is in the quartermasters' keeping, for in the log they record all the hap- penings of each Watch, the long hours of cruising, the exciting moments of an air attack, the thunder ofeach engagement with enemy ships or shore batteries,- 2 and all else that goes with the 5 l daily lille of a man-offwar. The slziplv Navigator, Commander Luther C. Heinz, USN. ' l

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TlzeSANTAFE ' ll iz E' k ie: 5 ong enoug at nzweto lo take aaoard,from an ammunition barge afongside, powder ana' .flzelfsfor her ravenouJ gum. Lieutenant Commander George M. Hawes, USN, the Gunnefy Offer, eombinex gunf and men into an ejjfeienljighting unit. 126 ITS GUNS SPELL DEATH AND DESTRUCTION F OR THE ENEMY ,i 4 N HE largest and most important department on the ship is the Gunnery Department-for obvious reasons. The SANTA FE, like any other major warship, exists only because of her guns, so her effective- ness as a fighting unit must be gauged by her ability to damage and destroy the enemy wherever and whenever she meets him. Her success depends on the Gunnery Department-on its ofiicers and men, and on its equip- ment. 'The Gunner's Mates and their strikers have H Herculean task in the upkeep and maintenance ofthe various batteries-the booming six inch, the slamming five inch, the pounding forty millimeters, and the stutter- ing twenties. This work is second in importance only tO selecting and training personnel for all positions in the Gunnery Department's battle organization-for the men must have a thorough understanding of the guns, their .r,-, .