Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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OC Division lAir Operationsl is responsible for the radar control of aircraft as well as the overall coordination of USS ROOSEVELT Flight Opera- tions. The control facet is executed primarily through the extensive utilization of radar scopes, status boards, and position intution lPll. PI which is a rare hereditary gift and prerequisite for the air controller with a continuously precise mental location of airborne aircraft and has proven indispensable as an alternate means of control in the face of equipment malfunction. The overall coordination of Flight Operations is achieved through the publication and promulgation of the daily air plan. This document, written with great precision and style, is distributed to a host of numerous and eager readers who attempt to decipher its hidden meaning and twisted plot. Due to its inherent accuracy, the air plan is never altered or amended after initial distribution thus providing a consistent stability to daily flight operations. In addition to Air Control and Air Plan Publication, OC Division also coordinates the arrival, loading, unloading, and departure of the FlOSlE'S C-1 Carrier On Board Delivery lCODl aircraft which provides a vital link for personnel between ship and shore.

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r' 0A Weather . 5- fgggfu , OA Division consists of one officer and twelve enlisted men. The division is responsible for providing environmental for- ecasts to our task units. Weather forecasting, though officially a science, can still qualify in many ways as an art or craft. The forecasts are the result of not only technical analysis of vast quantities of information, but also the talent and skills of each individual forecaster. Reports from stations all over the world are carefully studied and plotted on large weather maps. The maps must be plotted quickly before the infor becomes obselete and the ..,. ,,... .,.. . . , I ' 74 My ,1.,6',.Q 413 gs I , t 't .'.f?ti: z l J :gjqv '- ' iii-te? sf . 'Y' 9 . : , .ff N, Jia K I I I I . . OI CIC The Combat information Center draws information from her three sources, Shipping Section, Air Section and SSSC Section. Shipping Watch Teams monitor scopes in search of ships, calculate course and speed, identify ship types, and displays information on status boards. Air Watch Teams track aircraft in search of any unidentified radar contact heading towards the ship and record tracking progress and the flight status of all aircraft in order for controllers to guide rear sighted fighters to a point where the fighter and unidentified aircraft merge into one blip. , K I I I forecaster is unable to use it in his analysis of the weather situation. Some other activities of the weather office are: Distribution of a Daily Local Forecast, Opera- tional Forecasts to the Captain, staff, and other concerned individual, Climatological Weather Summaries are prepared on a routine basis for operating areas and ports and distributed to concerned depart- ments. The division also per- forms tropical storm and hur- ricane tracking and forecasting, oceanographic and seas and swell forecasts, and radiological fallout forecasts. LT G A BELLEMER AGC B R THOMAS AG3 DRAB AG1 F W GELPKE AN D V GRAVES AGAA E R HOTLE AA W M JOFFE AGAA K G KUYPER AG1 W E MILLER AG3 M C MORRIS AA G R RHOADS AGAN S E WALTZ LT R E OLIVER ENS J C BENDER OSSN P L ADEE AN D J CORCORAN SN D R BRINKMAN OSSA T W BOYER OSSA J C TAYLOR SN D R PHILLIPPI OSSA D E KNOBLOCK 1,43 5- H --ne.: --