Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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l 5 K 1 2 E z I! l 1 4 I Ready to go, the- Cooney Bird rests on the catapult waitingfor the next jiight, while the inen take their ease helow it. il g Pilots cy' the Kingj?shers', spotted SANTA FEfre on enemy beaches, f patrolled for suhs, and rescued downed aviators. T is the Victor,' Division's job to Keep ,em Hyingf, Blost of their work on the planes is done topside. Here, despite all the obstacles of nature and war they keep the SANTA FE's planes in top condition. The division is made up of aviators, mechanics, radiomen, ordnancemen, metalsmiths, parachute riggers, photo- graphers, and other special technicians of the aviation branch. All these men have had intensive training in their particular held, equipping them to maintain and repair aircraft. A tribute to their skill is the fact that the pilots never had a mechanical failure in a SANTA FE plane. Une Gooney Bird came down too badly shot apart to fly again and two more were smashed landing in heavy seas, but every one held together long enough for pilot and crew to get out safely. When a plane returns, :nan-y willing hands are needed to place it safeb' in the launching ear as the ship rolls in the sea. l if I i , 1, '.l l

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t i disks up Q X ' 'zxlixl 'fi' i i Y V ' KM: : 1 -1 l tl 1 - , , ' x ,I 1 H as gag A f 1 ,.' i Jf ,L ffl ANGE and bearing on that bogey! Is that a Zeke? 5 ' Ckay-get on it! 43 and 45 match starboard for- ward designation. Jill coming in at 270-port battery cognmence firing! As the eyes of the ship, the Item Clnformationj Division was a busy one. C.I.C. filtered the information received from the lookouts, search radars, and other ships and sent it throughout the SANTA FE to keep all hands fully advised on enemy contacts. k In addition I Division manned twenty millimeter mounts, operated Fire control radars, and supplied technicians to keep all radars functioning. Peacetime duties call for continued vigilance by the lookouts, with radar playing a major part When visibility is limited. Comtant aferfnesx at a radar .vrope is a .vtrain on boflz eyer and nerves, .fo of-duty operator: wefcome a chants to relax.

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D THEIR WATCHWORDS AND GUIDE ' 3 URING almost every month of her Pacific war career, 10,000-sometimes as high as 20,000-dispatches containing a million and a half words dit-dahed through the SANTA FE's radio receivers. Still more information constantly came by voice radio. Besides this, some 40 messages daily were received visually by Hag hoist, semaphore, or flashing light. The mails-air, registered, guard, and officer messenger-brought letters, mailgrams, and publications. The Communicator must not be snowed but must keep all of this intelligence moving until every party concerned receives it. Follow this action dispatch. Radioman third to radio Supervisor, Urgent-enemy f'leet sighted bearing 290, distance 225 miles. Supervisor to CVVO, Urgent- enemy fleet sighted. Then over the sound powered phones and squawk boxes goes the word: All stations, Radio One-enemy fieet sighted bearing two-nine-zero, 225 miles. Bridge aye. Flag plot aye. Combat aye, keep us informed. And so on. A yeoman types copies for routing and permanent records, and 'a mes- senger delivers the written text as a double check. Thus the SANTA FE's communication center alerts the ship for possible action. Operating around the clock, headquarters for the Communication Department is Radio Central, which con- Sists of Radio One, the Communication Office, and the Coding Room. From Radio One all incoming traffic goes to the Coding Room for processing, from there to the Communication VVatch Officer for treatment, and Finally I . - 5 U 'i 1 1 .V- , , . - ' S .1 3 ' .2 I 5 A, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND SPEED The Comrnunzraliom OEIKV, Liezzt. Norman R. Ulerhl, USNR, kept importanl information flowing rapidly and zzccurzzlebu to the messengers for routing. Oftentimes two men are continuously tracking dovsn addressees with restricted and non-classified traffic, while an officer messenger makes the rounc's with confidential and secret dispatches. Secondary Radio or Radio Two, in the after superstruc- ture, is the chief' maintenance center. From here tech- nicians hunt down causes of faulty reception or trans- mission. They keep in proper order the ship's 36 receivers 137