America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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-f 'vw -nv-1-fA,a:fn- Haze Gray and Underway HOW AMERICA CRKS Flight and hangar deck crew , Men working on flight and hangar decks wear colored shirts and helmets to indicate their jobs: Ship personnel , About 5,250 men comprise AMERICA H and its airvving. Exact numbers change daily. rw LJ M Yellow shirts direct movement of aircraft. White shirts handle safety-related 250 Pilots and flight officers , , , , , , 2,200 Squadron Support, from jobs, including final inspections of maintenance to administration alfplanes- 460 Hangar and flight deck crews ' , 240 Major aircraft maintenance Green Shuts hook planes t9 520 Engineering ,- catapults and handle arresting 125 Combat information center WWGS- 150 Deck department, underway ' Purple shirts fuel planes. replenishment, ship's boats and maintenance Navigation department Air traffic controllers Food service Medical and dental SUPPW Electronic technicians Weapons handlers Marines who handle security 30 35 250 65 190 140 210 85 300 Miscellaneous What's inside Combat information center W, lm 'lvl s 2 5 ll 1 K Brown shirts are plane captains who watch over individual planes. Blue shirts chock and chain planes into position, drive tractors that pull airplanes. Red shirts handle all weapons and ammunition. Silver suits handle aircraft crashes and fires. ' Size The length is about three , football fields placed end to end r Ready Eating areas Supply Flight deck rooms l lll l l lj lj l l I l llll I l l l Han ar deck I I i.,,-.- 17 F -ll l1ll1lllllllll!--llllj---Ill . . I-lllll--I Ones A. ft A --E---ll1 l lrcra ...... mamtenance Sleeping areas Auxiliary Diesel Fuel Sleeping .areas . machine genera or A . room Magazine , 1,04 . Cmunitions storagel How a Catapult works Sh track , L- 252 ft -1 Shuttle Mechanical grab Water brake wire brings shuttle back into position for next launch

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DIPLUMACY

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How to iarioi Pilot lines up with flight deck center line i The island Alr boss controls planes tak ng olf, ' landing and within 5 nautical miles of ship. Captain located on bridge. Q tt 22 Pilot knows he is on correct glide path if an ' amber light on the deck, known as the ball, is lined up with a horizontal row of green lights. If the ball is too high, so is the plane. Ili Landing signal officer guides planes. During flight operations a helicopter is constantly aloft to retrieve any 'men overboard' or downed aircrew. V Plane t hits deck at Q ' approximately 140 mph. Pilot immediately pushes engines to full power ln case Flight bolter. deck officer in charge of people on deck Aircraft handler controls movement o planes on flight t and hangar dec s. Two planes at a tim can be raised to flight deck level How to take off Launching and landing takes place only after the ship is turned into the wind. Eac of the four catapults can launch an F- every 1 minute and 45 seconds - for a rate of about one plane every Sf? o Missiles and bombs are Plane taxis into powered aircraft is held on the a hold-back bar which release the catapult launches the Planes are hooked to catapults. ' s Pilot salutes when he's ready to go. Catapult officer touches hand todeck and points forward. A button is pressed that releases steam at about 500 pounds per square inch into the catapult. Sparrow Missile Sea Sparrow can be employed against attacking aircraft at all tactical speeds and altitudes in all weather. The catapult 0 A fully loaded F-14 weighs about 67,000 pounds. It can be launc ed from a dead stop to 165 mph in the space of 250 feet and in just over 2 seconds. Shuttle Awheeled car rolling on a track underneath a slot in the deck. The launch bar on the nose gear of plane is connected to it. Pistons Attached to the shuttle, they are forced fonlvard when steam from the ship's boilers is forced into the tubes holding them. Shuttle track Water brakes Stop pistons within5feet he misses the our arresting wires and needs to take off and try again - known as the When the plane's tail hook catches one ofthe arresting wires, plane is brought to an abrupt stop within 350 ft. E A man signals the pilot to cut gower and raise hook, then directs get clear to e refueled, rearmed and remanned. , 3 0 . .t : lv' - -- A CLF, r .' 0 E 0 nav -e-3.5 or rt g 0 izmasztrl - 1 .mms-izamwmimntf -wi fe: The ball Yellow light appears to move ug and down to alert incoming pilots w ether they are too high or too low. This shows pilot to be too low. 3 catapult 4 catapult Close-in T protection The Phalanx close-in weapon system Safety net rafts surround the carrier. They are located the ship. ' several places on the ship Computer guided high speed Gatllng guns can destroy an incoming missile before it hits Aircraft refueling stations Many are scattered around the ship. Aircraft taxi Lap to pumps an their tanks are filled using long hoses. Graphic by Francie J. Fteecl