Germantown (LSD 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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i I . ' 9 lions pmg only, S111 f SS Germantown isn't exactly a submarine, but scenes in movies, like 'Hunt for the Red October,' can give you an at it's like for some of our operations folks. The Radio and the Combat Information Center QCICJ are both dreary, atory looking spaces that make you think a lot of is happening. Indeed, a lot of secret stuff is happening. Intelligence Division QOIJ monitors contacts Qother and planes around usb with radar, and other tracking The Operations Specialists of OI Division are just like the TV monitoring brightly-colored computer screens. Division QOCJ handles radio. The Infomation Technicians there receive and send messages using several circuits and transmission frequencies to keep us in the loop out to sea. OC is also responsible for Germantown's They make it possible for us to have Intemet and email. Division QOEJ fixes stuff. The Electronics Technicians of all the fancy gadgets--including the radar devices--that members of Operations Department to do their jobs. Weapons QOWJ Division protects and defends the ship. Mates maintain crew serve weapons, rifles, and hand They stand crew serve weapons watches in dangerous parts world and they train the rest of us. Fire Controlmen operate the Phalanx Close In Weapons System QCIWS, it can down planes and missilesi and the Rolling Airframe Missile it can also shoot down planes and missilesj And our Technicians, Technical tformerly Electronic War- Jmaintain and operate our Nixie anti-torpedo device our Super Rapid Offboard Blooming Chaff decoy device. ration ILNS Bower demonstrates the proper WC21r ol the Michelin Tire suit dur- mg 8 gun shoot on a chilly day GM3 Green fright? wpf-IS up 21 magazine temperature report in the operations of- fice. When he's finished with that. he ll run laps 3IOLl1'ld the flight deck until every- one watching gets tired out ot sympathy.