Canopus (AS 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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W-OIGUNS With the amount of work that the ship does on the submarines missiles, torpedoes, launchers and navigation equipment, a great deal of paperwork is created. The Weapons Repair Office handles this work and coordinates all departmental efforts, keeping everything running the efficient CANOPUS way. The Weapons Yeoman and Weapons Admin Officer assist the Weapons Officer with everything from schedules of work to be done to personnel matters. One of the more colorful groups of men on the CANOPUS are the Gunner's Mates of Gunnery Division. These men handle all the ship's weapons ranging from the .45 caliber pistols and line throwing guns to the big 3 .50 caliber gun mounts. Between these extremes is a wide array of rifles, shotguns and machine guns that must be ready to fire day or night. , X,,, fff, Vxggg . X ,X Front: GMG2 Thomas Campbell, ET1 Richard Ames, LT John Kennedy, GMG1 Stan Adkins, GMG3 Jay Hartman. Back: GIVIT3 Charles Johnson, GMGSN Mark Near, GMGSN Donald Wright, YNSN Jeff Orange.

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OPERATIONS An important aspect of CANOPUS is that she is a mobile repair facility. The Quartermas- ters of Operations ! Navigation are the men who plot the courses and stand the necessary underway watches in the Pilot House. Another very important job of OPSINAV is communica- tions. The Signalmen are responsible for visual communication while at sea and in port, using the various signal flags, pennants and lights. Electronic communications falls in the hands of the OPSXNAV Radiomen. Thousands of messages pour into Radio Central concerning every aspect of CANOPUS, Radio Central receives these messages and passes them along to their appropriate destinations. OPSXNAV also has a staff of Electronics Technicians on hand to repair and maintain the navigation and communications equipment. The job of OPSXNAV, like all others on CANOPUS, is a vital one. Ri W WNW if Gd ,, M ,Q . ,,,, ' -of 'ik Front: ETR2 Charles Holbrook, RM3 Carl Buzzell, RMSA Joseph Getchell, ETN3 Kirk Rice, RM3 Michael Hearn. Center: RMC Monty Adams, RMC James Alcorn, LTJG William Knight, ENS Stanton Pollard, RMC Richard Reynolds, ETC James Horton, RMC Ricardo Rodriguez. Back: RM1 David Stickney, ET1 Alcee Landreneau, ET1 John Jamerson, ET3 Ernie Lewis, RM2 Peter Herbert, ET2 Anthony Novak, ET1 Ray Potts, ET2 Barry Scott, ETN3 Wil'iam O'Hearn.