Farragut (DDG 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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CC DIVISICN: Radiomen Communications onboard FARRAGUT is critical to the ship's mission as a combat Warship. Without the radio networks, teletypes, satellite feeds and links, FARRAGUT would be cut-off not only from the rest of the fleet, but from the world as well. It is the job of the Radioman to ensure that all message traffic moves on and off FARRA- GUT smoothly and in a timely manner. Radio Central is the communications nerve center of the ship with a total of 30 circuits, 10 HF receivers, 10 UHF tranceivers, 6 HF transmitters, 2 satellite circuits Cone transmit, one receivel, and 2 NTDS link circuits. As flagship for Commander Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Two, FARRAGUT'S message traffic triples. Ccont'dJ.

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Radio . . . Due to the importance of radio traffic, Radiomen are constantly on duty, usually standing 12 hours on and 12 hours off. While FARRAGUT'S Radio Central is used main- ly for official business, there are times when cir- cuits are open for receiving national and international news, including sports, which is passed to the crew via a closed circuit televi- sion report. Radiomen can also set up telephone calls from overseas under certain circumstances for the crew. Class E messages are another way to commun- icate to family and friends stateside and the Radiomen are responsible for that also. The job of a Radioman is a busy and diverse one, and if it wasn't for the radio circuits and the men who man them, we would cer- tainly be uninformed and unable to do our job as effectively as possible. '71