Garcia (FF 1040) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEAPONS DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION Other departments, as we have seen, get us where we ' re going, provide us with equipment and food and disseminate vital information, but the Weapons Department personnel are GARCIA ' s Sunday punch. The fabulous First Division, first to begin and last to secure, is probably the most active division on the ship. The Bosun ' s Mates devote endless hours inport and underway to the maintenance of superstructure weatherdecks and hull. They provide boats for liberty, handle securing lines, drop the anchor, and rig equipment for replenishment and refueling. Second Divisions ' combat-ready 5 38 guns and fire control system give GARCIA a close in anti-air and anti-surface defensive capability. A S Division is GARCIA ' s anti-submarine warfare threat. With a powerful sonar and an arsenal of deterrents, its men make us a potent threat against any underwater foes.

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A S DIVISION A S Division is a combination of three ratings. TM ' s (torpedoman ' s mate), GMT ' s (gunnersmate technicians) and ST ' s (sonar techs) who combine to form an effective anti-submarine warfare team. In their spare time they also moonlight as line-handlers during all of Garcia ' s sea and anchor details.