Floyd Parks (DD 884) - Naval Cruise Book

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Inspection? What Inspection? ? ? Cl division is part of the Operations Department which has been appropriately termed the eyes and ears of the ship. The division is composed of Elec- tronic Technicians C?l and Radarmen who generally are recognized by their deathlike pallor after being cooped up in dark holes watching PPI scopes and repairing huge masses of electronic gadgets too corn- plex to mention. The ET's are responsible for keeping the compli- cated electronics equipment on board operating at peak efficiency, a job next to impossible but ably performed. Bogey one, bearing . . . The Badarmen in Combat Information Center use search radars, plotting tables, charts, display boards and voice radio gear to keep the entire ship in the know on the ever-changing picture of fleet opera- tions. Besides this the division keeps CIC, Radio Ill and ET shack, and the Ol level sparkling. A petty officer from the division is always selected as mail man and his actions are closely followed by everyone on ship, especially in port when a mail flight has been known to come in . . . my course finally arrived. I see you in there! How do you spell pregnant I think Chartreuse is a GOOD color! Oh no! We plot on top of Mt. Fuji!

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Hel1o . . . Come in Mars . . . ? OC Division is composed of Radiomen, Signal- men, Quartermasters, Yeomen and Personnelmen. First the Signalmen or skivvie wavers. These men are the cleanest people on board the PARKSQ 'X Q They say they don't have any 1ettuce. for all day we see them drying their laundry on the halyards or waving it about on sticks. They are re- sponsible for all visual communications, which con- sist of flashing light, flaghoist, and semaphore. Next are the radio or dih-dah boys. Sometimes they dream in Morse Code and answer your ques- tions by tapping their fingers in CW but otherwise What came after EMERGENCY . . . ? Dih...Dah...Dih...Dup...Dah...Dop...Dunk... carry the Message to Garcia via routing boards as fast as the news comes in. Next come the pencil-pushers, more commonly referred to as YO-YO's. From their tiny cubicle comes the clacking and scratching noises which keep the ship's administration up to date. The Quartermasters are the Navigator's assistants and keep the charts and ship's logs in good order. Ably assisted by some stout volunteer yeomen, they are the chroniclers of every movement of the ship. They're sending us ice cream! Where are we, Wiqqie?