Delta (AR 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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3 1 1 i ROW 1: KEARNEY, QMlg DUNBAR, SM2' PERSON, SN, FINNELS, SNQ WILLIAMS, SN, OEMARCO RM3. Row 2: ENS. HALLQ KELLER, PC2g BROWN QM3g GRIFFITH, RDlg ATENCIO, SNQ WRANIK Operations Division, with a small number of people, and a Wide variety of Work to per form, emphasizes flexibility Radarmen a d . n Quartermasters stand in -port visual watches d O an assist the Postal Clerks. Radiomen and Signalmen are kept busy handling thousands of messa es a ' ' g month. These must be Wfltten up, routed and filed. In port, DELTA often acts as a floating communications station,- prov1d1n se ' ' ' g rvices for ships alongside and even some shore commands. ln underw 35' 7 9 5 1 RM3g JONES, SN. ROW 3: BELCHER, RMCQ MURRAY, SN: HENDRICKSON, SMI, SEALE, SNQ JOHNSON, SN, SCHWANKE, RD3g ANDERSON, SN3 LT MILNE. times, the navigation team and the Radarmen keep the ship on course and out of the Wil' of oncoming traffic. Another facet of the Operations Division, which to most 0.f the crew is its most important function, 1Sf i operation of the ship's Post Office. T he1?O:e office is the nnk with the homes Of H hfas men in DELTA, usually providing HS H290 to a half -truckload of mail a day, 1H,3dd1'E,Onul, selling money orders and sending Oh nie letters and gifts to the folks at 0 '

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Deck Department, divided into First a d both surface and air intruders Row 1 CORTEZ BMSN WILLIAMS BMSN PLUMB SA BROILETT SA I-IASBROUGI-I SA BATEMAN SA Row 2 OLSON BM2 PACE SN GWINNETT SN, SCHAP. SA FOSSELL SN KLINEKEFUS SA RICH SA' FARROW SA n Second Divisions is charged with the respon- sibility for all deck seamanship operations and evolutions. This very wide area includes mor - ing, anchoring, fueling, and replenishment at sea. The rigging and booms operated by the men of the Deck Force handle over eighty- five per cent of all the materials brought aboard for the use of the ship, including stores, food for service in the crews mess, the ship's boats and vehicles, and a great many. other things used to carry -out DELTA'S mission. Another of Deck's responsibilities is the employment and maintenance of the ship's armament and ordnance equipment. This in- cludes cleaning the J OOD's pistol rov'd' , p 1 ing SV clean guard belt for the Messenger of the atch, anduthe upkeep and use of DELTA's four three-inch guns to defend the ship from CASTILLO SA HAWKINS BM3'OTAWKA BM1 Row 3 LT RODRIGUESQHUTSELL SN GHISLAIN SA FLATT SN HOLT BMSN LANGDOM BM3 HAUSCHILD SN KIMEY SA I-IAGI ER SA LTJG LANE A Deck also takes care of our eleven sm-ig boats Our immaculately kept 818, 1-'eseliqv h for the use of the Captain, 1.S One boat gdigl, always impresses our foreign hostsig at 3 boats include the Officers Motor .Z gan completely equipped diving boat, Whlcdiving accommodate both scuba and deepisea boats operations, three forty-foot utilityiberty 3 used for getting the crew .ashore on 1 1 ggd fifty-foot utility boat, Whlch has been rsgand to carry fishing parties, two life bQ3 and two small Punts fog: IIZIISG lyvhen cleaning aintin the sides o t e s 113- . p In gaddition to all the many fugctligigg the Deck Department, we are also in ce and of the procurement, handllllg, Sf0W,ai and issue of all ammunitionapyrotechnlg ,amd last, but not least, cleaning gear an P