Sellers (DDG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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Qlvll VV. Jennings HM2 R. Jason QMSN K. Keiiermen YNl C. Kimmel YNSN C. Reese QMSN S. Sacks x.,.,l' an--4' Qi. Mi QM2 T. Simmons YNSN D. Williams HM2 R. Jascn jogging ai sea Ll. Vaugnan ana ine auariermasier crew 1 'Ffa vo-0 YN3 N. Greene accepling an awara fram ine CO 9 L

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i Navigation and Administration Navigation is basically a department all its own. Not only are the navigator and his assistants responsible for getting us from point A to point B, but the navigator is also tasked with orchestrating the smooth administration of several important ship-wide operations. The Medical Department, for instance, falls under the direction of the navi- gator, as do the Command Master Chief, the Command Career Counselor, the Chief Master at Arms, and the ever-important postal clerk. lt is, however, the primary responsibility of the navigation team to know where we are and where we're going. The team spends countless Mr. Vaughan, QM1 Jennings and QM2 Simmons on the bridge LT. W. Murtagh EMCM E. Click NCC D. Copes MAC A. Powell HMC J. Sellers PNSN D. Brown QMS J. Gaffney QMSN S. Garber YN3 N. Greene 8 hours on the bridge and in the chart house figuring all of that out. During the cruise, The auartermasters navigated their way over more than 52,000 miles of ocean, and carefully wound their way through the Strait of Messina, the Straitoi l-lormuz, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez canal, ln the discipline of administration, the YN'3 typed and processed reams of paperwork, the postal clerk sorted tons of mail, and the corpsmen dispensed an infinite variety of ufor-what-ails-yo , remedies to the crew. Lt. VV. Murtagh relieved LT. R. Vaughan in September. QMS lncremona, QM2 Richardson and QM? McNamee indicate their t'short stature Fl Al ' V Q, .

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---.f Operations Department Quite literally, the personnel and eauipment in this department are what allow SELLERS to operate, It is only through Operations Department that SELLERS can com- municate, collect, evaluate and transmit information. Those are tasks ofsuch critical importance that the ship could not sail without their being accomplished with a reliability approaching perfection. During the cruise, Lieutenant Commander J.T. McComb commanded the three divisions which comprise Opera- tions: OC, OIXOW, and OE. OC division, led by Ensign R. Robinette. does the actual communicating for SELLERS. The division is comprised of Rlvt's Cradiomeny and Slvt's Csignalmenp The Rlvts ensure that SELLERS can communicate not only with ships a few miles distant, but also with military command centers thousands of miles away. Rlvl's prepare and process the hundreds of radio messages that SELLERS routinely sends and receives each month. SM's utilize the traditional but no less important art of visual signalling. They perform the flag hoist Cdisplaying universally understood flags and pen. nantsp, flashing-light morse code, and semaphore gon intricate system of arm and hand signals that can also be accomplished at night with the aid of hand-held lightsj The nerve center of the modern warship is the Combat information Center CCICJ, the province of OIXOW division, led by LT. CJG3 VV. Dietrick during the cruise. ln CIC, the O33 qOperations specialistsb and the EW's CElectronic Warfare special istsb use a variety of sophisticated radars and intel. ligence evaluation techniques to supply the CO with the information he needs to make the necessary, informed decisions vital to the ship's combat role. OE division, led by LT. S. VVier, is the domain of the El CElectronics Techniciany The ET's maintain all communica- tions gear and radars. Without the troubleshooting and repair expertise of OE division, Operations Department wouldn't have operated for long during the cruise. Had thot happened, well. . .let's just not talk about it. .. ll I Operations with the Battle Group America were challenging 10 Look Mom, lfinally made it somewhere! RMSN Hendrix and RMS Stetler relax between watches