Hooper (DE 1026) - Naval Cruise Book

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K in I Q.. R xv e 4 ii W N BRIDGE WATCHES Underway the bridge is the command center of the ship. All decisions and all responsibilities ultimately rest with the bridge. The Officer of the Deck runs the bridge and the ship. He answers only to the Captain and the Exec, From the bridge he conns the ship, oversees the navigation, controls communications, and sees that the plan of the day is carried out. To assist him he has a J OOD, a boatswainmate of the watch, a quartermaster, and other persons Who. come under the cognizance of the boat- swainmate.

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K' , L '1 l 'fc - fr - -fi: f? 571 - --+si-.,g.--, H',A,,Y H - Y.-V - f U , 1 as M. T clothes s1lks brocades Jewelry and other goods The more adventuresome qulckly spread out to Aberdeen Kowloon and the Peak to see some of the magmflcant scenery offered by the Jewel of the Or1ent elegant homes and teemlng harbors of Junks and sampans At nlght the Slght seelng was con flned mostly to Wanchal W1th emphasls on thce Chlnese dress and 1ts lntrlgulng spllt s 1rt 'Ja 14

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...AND DETAILS During special details the Captain and the Commodore can usually be found on the bridge. ASW exercises are run from the bridge. During underway replenishments extra phone talkers appear, to give the bridge firm control of all phases of the opera- tions. For sea and anchor details a navi- gational team appears to hoard the compass repeaters on the bridge Wings. With eyes squinted they Whisper magic numbers into the sound powered phones. A second later from the pilot house comes a cryptic, I hold you fifteen yards right. of midchannelf' And sometimes the bridge is just a breath of fresh air and warm sunshine.