Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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G. Cloud, FN A. Farren, FN D. Hobson, FN E. Lipscomb, FN G. Maciag, FN R. Morton, FN Continued nexT week J- Reilly, FN F. Smith, FN I E Disobi IiTy in The making L- Wilson, FN R, windagme, FN

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T. ousrien, SFM3 J. Palmer, SFP3 R. Parkhurst, DC3 R. Reich, SFP3 Wofch repair gong K. Sheehan, DC3 W. Strosneider, SFM3 J. Uribe, DC3 J. Werderman, SFP3 J. Wilber, DC3 J. Wojcik, M. Moffett, FN P. Abbruzzi, FN J. Allore, SFPZ W. Baker, FN J Dear Scrum... R. Bergman, FN J. Clark, FN

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Lieutenant Commander l-'larold B. Emlet, USN COMMUNICATIGNS GFFICER CCDMMUNICATICDNS DEPARTMENT Confrary To popular belief, The CommunicaTions DeparTmenT is noT a myTh. IT exisTs and, occasionally, makes con- TacT vviTh The ouTside world. A smiling, happy band of Radiomen and Signalmen ply Their Trade in Main Comm, Radio l, The Signal Bridge, and assorTed auxilliary spaces. Led by LCDR l-l.B. EmleT, This group of eighTy men and Ten of- ficers is direcTly responsible for all message Traffic To and from Essex as well as for serving COMCARDIV EighTeen and The embarked air group. Unsung heroes They are noT, buT Essex' communicaTors serve long hours of franTic duTy boTh aT sea and in porT in an aTTempT To provide reliable, secure and rapid exTerior communicaTions. lQadioTeleType, flashing lighT, CW radio, semaphore, voice circuiTs and signal flags are The principal meThods. NoT The leasT of Communicafions' Tasks is To accounT accuraTely for The hundreds of messages which come in and are senT ouT each monTh as if They were going r T I ou o sTy e. , , , , , Helped along by generous buT saluTory Hchewings-ouT for :Ts liTTle pecadillos, as Essex voice of command, The CommunicaTions DeparTmenT performs a criTical and highly sensiTive funcTion.