Antares (AKS 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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L TO R - FRONT ROW GRAHAM. A . SM3: HOLMES. R C . RDSN: WALTERS. M E . SN; HARTMAN J R . RD3; BRACCO. F L . SN; WAL. LACE. L G. SM3; DUNSTADTER. G W. QM3; GEER. E T. RM2; GEOGHEGAN. A H QM1: ENSIGN GASAWAY CENTER ROW STONE. C. B . SN; MILBURN. E D . JR.. ETN3: MIL- LER. D R. SN ; RICHARDS. H H . JR. SN. JONES. P L. RM3 PASTORIUS. D W.. SN; WALTER. C E. HM1; BALDOCK. D E. YN1. DIVISION P O ; LONG. W. W.. HMC TOP ROW O ' NEAL. M L . HN; BEAGLE. W C . QMSN BIBLE. C. P.. SN HATTON J R . RM3. RETTINGER R N . YN3 TAPPE P J . SN. (HIDDEN); KUTZ. R R. QMSN. MISSING STRONG H HM2 MOLMNTHIN, R F. RM3; TREMBLAY R A. RMSN. PFLIEGLER F L . RM2; HOGAN C M . SM3; TEAUSAW. W E . SN; ERICKSON. J C SN PERATIONS DIVISION

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tal I The R Division or repair gang has a large responsibility aboard ship. Under them comes the responsibility which is so vital to the keeping of any ship afloat, Damage Control . They maintain the Damage Control repair lockers and supervise men of other departments at General Quarters in the proper use of the equipment, make sure that all fire fighting equipment is in order and working and that the proper use of it is understood. They are our carpenters, plumbers and general handy men. When a cabinet has to be built, a shelf put up, a cleat or padeye welded to the deck or one cut off, the call goes out for the Repair Division. When men of other divisions are fixing a piece of their own equipment and need some cutting or welding performed a man from the R Division is on hand. They also have to make sure that there is enough bottled gas on board, such as oxygen, acteylene, fire extinguishing C02, not to mention foam, canisters for gas masks and special clothing for Atomic warfare. Last but not least the ship ' s wash down system used in case of Atomic attack falls under their jurisdiction. So to the Repair Division who have been doing an outstanding job without glory, but just hard work, a very well done.

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o E R I O N D E R M E LT. RICHARDS N ENSIGN BAER ENSIGN GASAWAY ENSIGN GALLETTI OPERATIONS DIVISION The Operations Division consists of Radiomen, Radarmen, Electronic Technicians, Quartermasters, Signalmen, Yoemen, Personnelmen and Hospitalmen. The Radiomen are responsible for the thousands of mes- sages received over the ship ' s three teletype machines each month, plus the sending of all the ship ' s outgoing messages. The Signalmen have the responsibility of all incoming and outgoing messages whether by flag hoist, semaphore or signal light. The Radarmen are responsible for our surface search radar which is also used in navigation. On dark stormy or foggy nights with visibility poor, their vigilance must never falter. The Quartermasters aid the navigator in his plotting of our course and de- termining our location. They also maintain, in up-to-date condition, all of the ship ' s navigational charts. The Electronics Technicians keep all of our radio, radar, loran gear in good running order. The Hospitalmen on board are especially trained for duty on ships without doctors. They take care of all minor medical problems including stitches for cuts, and for major accidents they give all first aid possible until a doctor arrives. On this cruise, we had two cases of appendicitis. Fortunately they oc- cured while we were in port. Other than that no serious illnesses or injuries occured. The Yoemen handle all of the correspondence that flows thru the ship. The navy, like all big organizations, has to have a great deal of paper work. The personnelmen maintain the service records of the 225 men on board, and operate the ship ' s post office. Our hats are off to the men of the operations division for their outstanding performance in helping to make this cruise successful.