White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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3rd T X ,I , S L-R SN P ,FTG3 C1ink,FTG1 Weber, be f Q l1'TClSN wiigrros spidie, SN Fisher, ENS Landry lDivision Officerl. fi ta 5 Third Division is made up of the FTG fFire Control Technicianl and the GMG lGunners Mates Gunsl gangs. The men in these two highly technical rates work hard to maintain two MK 56 Gun Fire Control Systems and four 3-inch, 50 caliber, rapid fire gun mounts, in addition to an armory full of small arms lincluding .45 caliber pistols, M-14 Semi-Automatic Rifles, M-60 Machine Guns 12 Gauge Rio-Type Shotguns, and the 12 Gauge Shotguns that are used for Recreational purposesl. These same men also help in the support ofthe ship's main battery. There are two of these men on each station in their red safety helmets and shirts. They are there to shoot the shot line over to the ship that is coming alongside, which they do with amazing accuracy regardless of weather conditions or distance. As soon as that line gets across they pick up their phone set and keep the ship alongside informed of what is taking place. ln case of an emergency breakaway, they man the high velocity pole cutters in order to cut the highline in just seconds if it becomes necessary. 4 As our motto says: We put 'Combat' in 'Combat Stores Ship'. . - 3 CSeated L-RJ SN Heacox, GMG3 Lovett, SN ' M ' T' M 1' 'L Rippard, GMGC Massey, fStanding L-RJ GMG2 Makamson, SN Mason, GMG3 Taylor, ENS Landry fDivision Officerl, GMGI Martin, ,..--e GMGSN Ritzel, SN Morris. gffinlalf, -V f 3s,T7i I 1 , K .

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Department Head LCDR Robert P. Bacon V Gperations Department , if , i ., , ' x 'f ' L .MQ 7 , V Q W ,g ' - f A' 'il f F - 'ATA 'Q I , f ' , R 'Wi I .nnsegrgwxwx f '4uv 0 ,ff 4-E, A 'C F 'f l ' -1 11 X 5 v- x , . I f W i , V 1 'Ms 3 ,. 7 A7 S 4 Z it iii Top row QL-RJ LTJG Ryan KDivision Officerl, OSI Kerrigan, SN Pannebaker, OS2 Fowler. Bottom row lL-RJ SN Acoff,OS3 Larson, OSSN Wolossow. OSS.-X St. Clair. 36 OI Division consists of Operation SpecialistS.Wh0 man CIC C ' f ombat Information Centerl. The mission of CIC is . - - ' the to provide timely and accurate information concerning . tactic l ' ' a situation to Command and Control Stations. rlzihls is accomplished by the proper gathering, Pf0Ce5Sm?i,?n displaying of information with the aid of radar, D ' voice ' - ration communications, message traffic, lookoutS, OPC orders, etc. OI Division has several other collateral duties whiCh ver f y ew people are aware of. These dutiesincludt? manning the telephone switchboard while In POTW. , maintaining a file of schedules of all U.S. Navy Ships m the P ' ' ' ' 1 acific, keeping control of CQMTAC Phlbllcationsl training loolcouts, etc.