Cape St George (CG 71) - Naval Cruise Book

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f?- WA Division SUB SLAYERS Wt First Row: ENS Simancas, TM3 (SW) Uphill, STG2 (SW) Wildes. STG3 Yi, STG3 Benzing, STG2 (SW) Soulier. STGC (SW) Bumham Second Row: STG2 (SW) Watson. STG2 (SW) Lessley. STG3 (SW) Dzienra. STG3 (SW) Reed. STG3 (SW) Slider. STG2 (SW) Sills. STG1 (SW) Johnson. LTJG Zwierko Third Row: STG3 Godin, STG2 (SW) Moorman. TM1 (SW) Green. STG3 Gothard. STG3 Nilson. STG2 (SW) Gray. STG3 Vargas Not Pictured: STGSN Blunie WA Division is comprised of both Sonar Technicians (Surface) (STG) and Torpedomen (TM), and is responsible for conducting anti- submarine warfare defense utilizing the SQQ-89 (V) 6 Sonar Suite and Mk 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT). Sonar Technicians maintain and operate the SQS-53C active passive hull mounted sonar, the 19B Towed Array, the SQQ-28 Sonobuoy Processing system, the MK 1 16 Underwater Fire Control System, and the Torpedo Countermea- sures System known as Nixie. ' This equipment spans the entire ship, from the forward deepest point which is the sonar dome, to the mast mounted antenna for communicating with the helicopter, and the most aft part of the ship when we stream the tail (Towed Array). This configu- ration allows WA division to search, classify, track, and localize long-range submerged con- tacts. The Torpedomen have a pair of Toipedo Magazines. Each magazine has Three MK 32 Toipedo Tubes and can hold eighteen MK 46 Torpedoes. They are also responsible for rigging the MK 46 Torpedoes for deployment from the Air Detachment ' s Two SH-60B Seahawk helicopters, as well as standing watches in Sonar Control. Along with that, they are responsible for the handling and stowage of Hellfire missiles. New additions to the division include ENS Simancas, STG3 (SW) Reed, and STGSN Blume. STG 1 (SW) Nordin departed WA division after 4 Vi years of Sea Duty. STG2 Moorman, STG2 Watson, STG3 Dzierwa, TM3 Uphill, and TM 1 Green received their ESWS qualification. New Sonar Supervisors include STG2 (SW) Watson, STG2 (SW) Lessley, and STG3 (SW) Slider. STG1 (SW) Johnson, STG2 (SW) Soutier, andTM3 Uphill. LTjg Zwierko led us during this critical war time deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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X WO Division x y The Real Gunners Bock row from l-r: CMC (SW) Mahler. GM3 Montoya, FC3 Nogueira. FC3 Kehoe. GMSN Valentine. Ensign Chuma Division Officer. FC2(SW) Page. FC3 Maninez. GM3 Nelson FC3 Hutcheson, FCC(SW) Clarke. Front row from l-r: GMl(SW) Fillmore. GMl(SW) Dennie. GMSA Rende. GM3 lorsh. FC3 Bradley. GM2 Kapple, FC3(SW)Amos. FCl(SW) Bassett. Not Present: FC2(SW) Hammler. FC3 Bryant. GM2 Bindel. FC2 Smith. FC3 Garrett. FC3 Butler. FC3 Myers WO Division Sailors are the GUNS of the CAPE. WO ' s top technicians main- tain and operate all gun weapons and associ- ated equipment. Then maintenance includes various small arms weapons out of the CAPE ' s armory, the 20mm Close-In Weap- ons System (CIWS), and the Main Bat- tery of the CAPE, - the 5 54 Caliber Light Weight Gun system. They also operate the MK 86 Fire Control System for the five inch gun. The Division has the additional responsibility of operating and maintaining CAPE ' s long-range anti-ship weapons which is called the Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile system.