Dixon (AS 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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A ship on the high seas is an isolated community. Not only must she be able to feed and house her crew, she must protect herself in the event of battle or catastrophe. One of the greatest hazards at sea is fire and flooding. The crew must be thoroughly trained in the methods to prevent and fight them if they should occur. On DIXON, we have a group of intensively trained people whose primary job is to be the first to react and respond to a fire or flood. This group is known as the Flying Squad. Flying Squad

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Heavy Seas Of all of natures wonders, probably none has the power and awesome dimensions of the sea. As we sail aboard a giant ship, built to exacting standards with the best technology available, we are some- times lulled into thinking we have mastered the sea and made her our servant. Suddenly, the winds blow, the storm rages and our docile servant roars up into a fury. The mighty vessel is but a cork on the tremendous waves. mi0mfimmm0

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KDIX Shortly before the deployment, a Ship ' s Information Training and Enter- tainment, closed circuit television system wew installed on the ship. Along with the existing facilities of the KDIX shipboard radio station, the crew was able to partake of Armed Forces Radio and Television news, sports, and music broadcasts. On the local level, a regular program of television shows and movies were presented daily. One of the most popular was the evening news broadcast on KDIX television. This feature consisted of two rotating teams of newscasters. LT. Stoeckel, PNl Adams, TMSN Pribbenow, and SN Hayes, made up the teams. Behind the scene, IC3 Mahr, J03 Terry, LTJG DuUum, PH3 Brantley and OS2 Holland compiled, wrote, and edited the news features. When not being used for movie marathons and news, the airways were utilized extensively for general training and features, such as Captain ' s Call and presentations about liberty ports, such as the Philippines and Australia.