Acadia (AD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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771 AY. nu! GET-1 il Li DE LIGHT OFF OODfCDO CHECKOFF LIST FOR GETTING UNDERWAY TIME PRIOR TO UNDERWAY EVENT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO UNDERWAY 3 HOURS PRIOR TO UNDERWAY - ENSURE RESPONSIBLE PER- SONNEL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING: A. LIGHT OFF GYRO COMPASS B. CHECK OUT ALL ELCTRONIC EQUIPMENT C. CHECK OUT ALL NAVIGA- TION EQUIPMENT D. ENSURE ALL CHARTS AVAIL- ABLE, NAVIGATIONAL TRACK LAIDOUT E. INVENTORY ALL TACTICAL PUBLICATIONS F. ARRANGE FOR TUGS, PILOT, AND LINE HANDLERS. G. NOTIFY OTHER SHIPS IN NEST LIGHT OFF BOILERS if 1 AND if NOTIFY OTHER SHIPS IN NEST ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS ON APPLICABLE CIRCUITS ENSURE CALL SIGNS AND VOICE CALLS ARE POSTED ON BRIDGE ENSURE COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCY PLAN POSTED ON BRIDGE ASCERTAIN FROM THE XO THE FOLLOWING: IAI IF ANY VARIATION IN STAN- DARD TIME FOR SETTING THE SPECIAL SEA DETAIL

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, SSRSSNN X A It 5 1 ' I I - x A A RNNNNNX xxx X XS I 1' NCCM COLLMAN BEGAN HIS NAVAL CAREER WHILE STILL ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL BY JOINING THE NA- VAL RESERVES. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1957 HE REPORTED TO USS HAS- SAYAMPA, WHERE HE BECAME A QUARTER MASTER. AFTER COM- PLETING TWO YEARS HE WAS RE- LEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO THE RESERVES. FOR THE NEXT TWELVE AND A HALF YEARS, THE MASTER CHIEF REMAINED IN A DRILLING RESERVE STATUS. IN JUNE 1972, MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER COLLMAN RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY AS A OM1, FROM A RESERVE STATUS OF OMCS, IN TIME TO COMMISSION. USS KISKA IAE-351. FOLLOWING A BRIEF SEA APRIL 1982. TROR ON BOARD THE AMMUNITION VESSEL, HE REPORTED TO THE UNI- VERSITY OF KANSAS AS A NROTC INSTRUCTOR. IN AUGUST 1977, NCCM COLLMAN RETURNED TO SEA ON BOARD USS SPERRY CAS-121. IN 1979, HE CROSS RATED FROM OMCS TO NCCS, AND SHIPPED OVER TO THE REGULAR NAVY, AFTER COMPLETING 22 YEARS OF RESERVE SERVICE. MAS- TER CHIEF RETTY OFFICER COLL- MAN CAME ABOARD USS ACADIA IN NOVEMBER 1980 AS THE COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR. HE WAS AD- VANCED TO NAVY COUNSELOR MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN WHILE ACTING AS THE LINK BE- TWEEN ENLISTED PERSONNEL AND OFFICERS, NCCM COLLMAN OFFERS VITAL ASSISTANCE NECESSARY IN A COMMAND OF THIS SIZE. STRESS- ING THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILIZING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS ONE OF THE MASTER CHIEF'S PRIORITIES. ANOTHER IS THE WELCOMING ABOARD OF NEW PERSONNEL, AND GETTING THEM THROUGH A COM- PLETE INDOCTRINATION PROGRAM. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER CAROLYN SONS, AND HAS A DAUGH- TER, PATTY, AND A SON, BRETT.

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vl', 05. J' IBD TIME OF HEAVING AROUND TO SHORT STAY IF AT AN- CHOR DISPOSITION OF BOATS ICD fm INSTRUCTIONS CONCERN- ING U.S. AND GUARD MAIL QED NUMBER OF PASSENGERS, IF ANY, EXPECTED TIME OF ARRIVAL, AND BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS RIG IN BOOMS AND ACCOMMO- DATION LADDERS NOT IN USE AND SECURE THEM FOR SEA AFTER OBTAINING PERMIS- SION FROM XO REMOVE RAT GUARDS AND FRAPPING CONDUCT RADIO CHECKS IAW CURRENT OPERATING ORDERS RADIATE RADAR AS ALLOWED BY LOCAL REGULATIONS PASS THE WORD SET MATERI- AL CONDITION YOKE . PASS THE WORD ALL VISI- TORS ARE REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE SHIP AT THIS TIME. THE SHIP WILL BE GETTING UN- DERWAY IN - MINUTES ENSURE U.S. AND GUARD MAIL HAS LEFT THE SHIP BREAK ALL UTILITY LINES TO PIER ASCERTAIN THE STATUS OF ALL REPAIR LOCKERS