Dahlgren (DLG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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D DIVISION A long, but reportedly enjoyable six month Med deployment was experienced by D Division ' s nine Data Systems Technicians. Their highly sen- sitive and sophisticated digital data equipment required constant attention, which they lavished upon it in large quantities. Much of the cruise was spent awaiting a new memory chassis unit which chased the DAHLGREN around the Med as her schedule constantly changed. The NTDS Equipment Room also served as training space for barbers, poker dealers and three level Yahtzee players. In addition to doubling as security watchstanders, the DS ' s were able to keep the DAHLGREN ' s NTDS capability in such a high state of readiness that they outclassed all other similarly equipped ships. No mean feat!

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1 CW02 R.C. Sloan 2 DS2 L.A. McLaurin 3 DS2 D.C. Rhodes 4 DS3 R.E. Chapin 5 DSl R.L. Cellev 6 DSC C.F. Myers 7 DS3 G.H. Sugivama 8 DSl R.F. Wiley 9 DS2 M.H. Kitchen 10 DS2 WE. Frisque

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G DIVISION Security keys, Missile House started each day for G Division missilemen while the gun gang held T-checks with MT 51. Diligent main- tenance gave both ratings outstanding records for this deployment. Four missiles successfully launched and numerous gunnery exercises passed helped the Combat Systems Depart- ment win the Missile and Gunnery ' E ' s. And there was the SECNAV firepower demonstra- tion when MT 51 pumped out 22 rounds in 30 seconds. After Steering-Bridge, take control ... was an often heard phrase as G Division manned after steering underway and the syn- chros didn ' t match when switching cables on the mid-watch. Scramble, Scramble, caused the gunnersmates much consternation as they tumbled out of their racks at all hours of the night during storms to issue weapons for secu- rity alarms. They often had to run tests on Sun- days and holidays in order to utilize equip- ment not available on regular workdays. The volume of work and lack of people available, kept these dedicated individuals hard at it.