Hull (DD 945) - Naval Cruise Book

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M Radarmen LEWIS and Klev plot the posltlon of the attacl-:mg s1te Whlle LTfJgj Cleveland stands by to pass the target coordlnates to mam battery plot, Where the 1nformat1on w1ll be fed 1nto the shlps fue control computer Qsee belowj 'W AQ Z 0 Q 4? sw Wx K! X f N WX 7 X Flrecontrolman Harder sets up the f1re control computer The solut1on w1ll enable the gums to drop the flve 1nch shells on the target Wlth pm pomt accuracy VW ,f an E MV N V4 W , fvswfxl- AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q V J in JS 7 ,, N f .Q SW, KX 5 gfzyllkstq h! ' X! my W i 1 1 if hw ' 0 I l . . . Q .s.-..-.....u4. gl' .-- 6.1.1. ..4..-..,.:.4a...w....lg,.g.:44q.L...:g.:.: ...e.-..K....,.-..L....1......4N...-s-...,.,...,.,e..-...........,.,-....ga...f.le. .. . -,e.-:. :....-a-.,.a-.,-.a.....,.-.--..L -- --V

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An airborne spotter Qabovej pins down the location of a north Vietnamese rocket site firing on U. S. troops in the DMZ and radios a call for fire mission to HULL. Combat Information Center, nerve center of a Vast, complex array of men and equipment designed to carry out naval gunfire support. Here, members of the shore bomb team receive the spotters request for fire. i 30

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' ' lm' ' A ' t ' 'r fff?2rf ffnr ,--f-'f-0 'f -'--:':':v:::-r --W-'-----5--'v+-9-v---H-'- 'r '-fw,..,,.+-ff,-.-:m....m..........-.- A. .... .- ......,. ,.,-,.- -.,.,. Seamen Bonds and Shives load the gun system with seventy pound projectiles in one of the 5 154 magazines. Often, magazine crews handled thousands of pounds of these shells a day. Gunnersmate jeans Qbelowj watches the control panel as he loads one of the huge five-inch mounts. The rapid-fire, highly-accurate guns required the constant attention of highly skilled technicians to keep them operating properly. 32