Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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RMi HACaESCAHI) SMS.X HAKIfHE SMI(S V) HARTVUO OSI liLOODCOOD RM2 HOW DEN OS:i BRANTLEY OSS.4 HREAZEALE SM:t CATION EW2 COVILLE RMS COX OSSR FARRIS OSI FECHT OSC Lawson gives some GMT mm OSSA FENTRESS RM2 GRIGGS RM2 GUNN RMSN HILLARD OSI HOWARD RMS JEFFERSON OSSN J OH AN NECK mm ET.l KAISER RMSA KELLER OSSA KLANG ET3 LANG ET3 LORENZEN

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LCDR COOPER OPERATIONS OFFICER OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT Operations Department is made up of the Electronic Technicians, Electronic Warfare Technicians, Radiomen, Signalmen, and Operations Specialists. Their jobs vary between operator and technician. Their main goal is to provide quality communications and identification betvieen the ship and other units of the task group. The ET ' s and EWs are the technicians. They are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all electronic equipment onboard GERMANTOWN. This ranges from the handsets used to talk to other ships, to the most advanced piece of radar equipment. The RM ' s and OS ' s are tasked with the operation of all of the electronic com- munication equipment. The SM ' s use various forms of visual communications, ranging from, flag hoists to infra-red lights. LT SCHAFER LTJG WASDAHL ENS CORRIGAN ENS STIENS SMCM(SW) COLFORD RMCS HAG LUND ETC HARTJE OSC LAWSON EWC LEONARD 46

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OS2 MCKENZIE ET3 MAZON SMSA MERRYMAN SM2 MVNDEN ET2 OVERBY RMSR PORTER OSSN POWELL OSS RA YMOND OSSN RICHMOND EWl RILEY EWSN RODDA ETl ROSEMEYER RMl SCALES RMS SMITH SMS SPEARS RMl THOMAS OSS TOOHEY OSS TORRES RMSR VAUGHN OS2 WARD RMSN W ATKINS OS2 WEBRE SM2 WYCKOFF 48 OSl Howard hard at work Ready for liberty