Harry Yarnell (CG 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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ON Division Nmination I)i ision The navigators. Since ancient times, ships steered b the stars, travelling through unknown seas to gel to where they were going. Today the Quartermasters have more than the stars to guide them, but the celestial bodies still provide a reliable mans of ' fixing our position, something we do every hour, every da we are underway. Sometimes more. The navigators start prepar- ing weeks before we leave port, laying out routes on charts, upda- ting navigation aid publications and, of course, keeping the brass clean on the bridge. The other half of the division hangs out on another bridge the signal bridge. Led by the whip-cracking SMC Porter, the signalmen take care of visual communication for the ship. A ship depends on visual signals heavily, even in this age of radio and satellite communication. Flaghoist and flashing light are still two of the most secure methods for transmitting messages, since the enemy must be within visual range to intercept them, unlike radio communication which can be intercepted, sometimes at ranges of more than 100 miles. From daily colors, to tactical signals on flaghoist, a signalman ' s work is meant to be seen b many. LT ROBERT L D.WIDSON 0M3 BENJAMIN F BOYER f - V r S.MSN BLSTER f PO ELSEY - -W SM3 J.AMES R. ENGLISH ' SMSA JOSEPH GOOD . : SA JAMES T. HARBIN « K SM2 WILLIAM M KEYES • - i t QMl BOBBY LACY PO MARRUACHI SMSN STEVEN T. MAY QMl CLAYTON T PICKARD QMSN SCOTT A ROBERTS QMJ DANIEL M IRAYLOR 72

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OW Division FMi ' clroiiic Warlari ' Division Tht)ugh ihcv arc a small division, l{ V ' s pla in integral part in both the defense and offense of ' ARNKIJ,. It is this group who listen to all the radar energ ships and planes put into the air. Though invisible, this energy is like a fingerprint from the platform which emits it. Using this info, HW ' s can tell us not just where other ships are, but who they are. If they fire a missile at us, we will fire a missile in return to intercept. The EW ' s proved the second layer of defense deception. By launching C H l ( (thin strips of radar reflective material) into the air, the make the missile ' s radar think it ' s seeing a much larger target behind us. .Actually, it ' s only the chaff cloud, and the as the missile turns toward the bigger target, V.ARN ' ELL sails on lo fight the war. Of the men of OW, none will likely be as ■famous to the crew as F.W2 JACOBY, a man surrounded by a good bit of con- temporary folklore. £ LT.ICi SCOTT F HI I • ,. ENS BRIAN A Rl II I EWC J AM IS W FOX I VI FERENCHIC 1 AV2 DON.MD J J ACOBV E V3 CHRIS A MATRONE E V3 JFI FERV C QL ANDT E V3 JON A RITCHIE 73