Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Electronic Warfare COWI Division is a new division within the Operations Department. A relatively new field, electronic warfare is a diverse warfare specialty. lt consists of electronic support measures, electronic countermea- sures, and electronic counter-countermeasures. ROSlE'S final cruise was the most memorable since 1973, the Yom Kipper War Cruise. The EW's compiled 4 routine intelligence reports, two special missions, and intercepted over 500 non-friendly electronic emissions. ROSlE'S EW's will long remember her final cruise. W , I OP Operations Admin Air Intelligence CDR G H SEARS LCDR R W COOPER LCDR F W DAHLINGER LCDR D A KOLIPANO LT J D SHADDIX ENS R L STEFANCIC ISC J H SANDRY SA D J BYE ISSA W R DEVEREUX CTR3 R P FOWLER IS1 A M HAGEN ISSN C B HANCOCK ISSN H G HART SA C J KIMMEL YN1 F C SCOTT SN IVI SMALLEY IS3 K A WASSINK YNSN T L YANCY Electronic Warfare EWCS T J ORVIS EWC J W HATHAWAY EW1 R L MACHLEIT EW3 R C MESSERSMITH CTO1 T J REUTZEL

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To men who go to sea, there is ho skill more basic or more important than determining the position of the vessel and the courses to be steered to reach its destination. Even in this age of electronics there still must be a man, the navigator, who is responsible for the safe conduct of the vessel through all types of waters, whether it be on the ocean or in the most hazardous, shallow, rocky coastal areas, in both fair and foul weather, the Navigator and the Navigation Team are responsible. There is no room for error either in fact or in judgement. The Navigator and the men from the Navigation Department must take meticulous care, utilizing every possible scrap of available information and making no assumptions unsupported by facts, to direct the vessel on a safe course. In addition to Navigating',, departmental tasks consist of: Honors and Ceremonies, the keeping of accurate time throughout the ship, computing sunrise, sunset, moonrise, tides and currents, determining compass error, maintaining the ship's deck log, and keeping up-to-date charts for navigation.