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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An electronic technician must continually strive to insure that his assigned equipment is operating at its peak and ready for immediate service. This can only be accomplished by checks and more checks, cleaning, adjusting, and frequently climbing to the highest point on the mast. When the ship gets underway from any port the bridge detects the navigable channel by knowing its exact location from known landmarks, which show up on the surface search radar systems, used for navigation and detection of other ocean vessels on the high seas. Leaving port the high power air search radars scan the air overhead to detect aircraft many miles away and to identify them as friend or foe. The sins is placed in navigate to insure the bridge can get an immediate fix on the ship's position, with frequent updates obtained from navigation satellites orbiting over head. Technicians maintain the equipment which provide a communications link with shore to keep the commanding officer aware of any crisis spot on the globe.