Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.: --

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