David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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0S2 F. Anderson 0S2 T. Kiesau 0S2 T. Parham 0S2(SW) C. Johnson 0S3 S. Swan 083 M. Johnson 0S3 W. Collins 0S3 C. Lamoreaux 0S3 B. Laurion 0S3 W. Wilborn 0S3 R. Rickard OSSN R. Bertsch OSSN M. Alcala OSSN A. Vander Zanden OSSN B. Carver OSSN S. Grove OSSN J. HoUowood OSSN J. O ' Flynn OSSN G. Riepma OSSN J. McCarthy OSSA J. Avellino OSSA J. Harrold OSSA R. Nicks OSSA G. Fawcett OSSR M. Venske

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0. L DIVISION 01 Division consists entirely of Operations Spe- cialists. Though their duties vary inport from Naval Warfare Publications and Sectret Control to training and damage control petty officer, their duties at sea consist of standing various watches in Combat Infor- mation Center (CIC). CIC is the center of tactical data and informa- tion flow for the ship. OS watchstanding duties con- sist of navigation, tracking air and surface contacts, maintaining the Naval Tactical Data System Link with other ships and aircraft, air control of helos and ASW aircraft, radio telephone communications and assisting in special evolutions such as Naval Gunfire Support, Anti-submarine warfare, Sea and Anchor detail and Anti-surface warfare (using the Harpoon surface-to surface missile). Some OS ' s are also mem- bers of the ships Intelligence Collection Team, also known as Snoopy Team. Even though there are no technical aspects to the rate, OS ' s have a wide variety of specialists avail- able to them through various Navy schools. Whether it is for navigation or operating a radar, an OS must know extensively about the equipment in CIC in or- der to truly live up to the name of Operations Special- ist. W«III| LT A. Hietala OSC(SW) G. Negron CPORP(SW) M. Shaw Royal Australian Navy ISl(SW) L. Severson OSl(SW) E. Weatherly OSl G. Rowe OSl R. Brown 0S2 C. Carothers V y V V f K i J x K 7- 14

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O.C. DIVISION OC Division consists of two work centers, OCOl and 0C02. OCOl is composed of the Radiomen whose job is to use electronic equipment to communicate to other ships and naval stations around the world. 0C02 is composed of the Signalmen whose job is to communicate to other ships using the following methods: Flags, signal lights and semaphore (hand movements) to convey messages to other ships within sight. OCOl DIVISION OCOl Division, the Radiomen rating, a part of the Com- munications Department, operates voice and Teletype cir- cuits. Radiomen provides communications capabilities to other parts of the ship, CIC, Bridge, Sonar and helo tower. Radiomen use three basic methods of communications, radio Teletype, voice and international Morse code. The most com- monly use is radio Teletype, they processed an average of 600 to 800 messages a day during the deployment to the Persian Gulf. With state of the art, high tech communications equip- ment, radio was able to keep communications going through- out the ship as well as provide other divisions with informa- tion about the world as well as providing the crew with sports scores. LTJG J. Cody RMC(SW) S. Green RMl M. Gourley RMl E. WiUiams RM2 P. Pagan RM3 E. Trimble 16