Hyman (DD 732) - Naval Cruise Book

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Don't shoot! rf E ,-, Q. N correspondence courses to prepare themselves for advancement. The ship itself is kept busy with drills and all sorts of competitive ex- ercises, such as gunnery, AAA shoots, shore bombardment firing, sea manship exerciess, damage control problems, anti-submarine war- fare practice, and tactical maneuvers with other ships.' A look at the Plan-of-the-day will show that life aboard the Hyman is an active one .... rest assured that the sailor earns his pay! THE DEPARTM ENTS With such a strenuous and constantlydemanding schedule, ships work must be organized . Let's takea look at the various departments their respective rates and duties.- DECK The fifty man deck division guided by the experienced Boat- swain's Mates, maintains the entire deck area and sides of the ship. These exposed spaces are kept as clean as the compartments inside, piping sweepers being a familiar sound to all, in gaddi- tion, the Bosuns , under supervision of the First Lieutenant, are responsible for the ship's seamanhsip, which includes anchoring and mooring, rigging for fueling at sea and high-line transfers of per- sonnel and freight, running the motor whaleboat, and, of course, all painting. Ar General Quarters they man the 5 and 3 inch mounts and assist the Damage Control parties .... above all, the Bosuns are dependable. ORDNANCE Under the supervision of the Gunnery Officers, the ordnancemen maintain the ship's armament. The older rated Gunners Mates are usually mount captains of one of the powerful 5 inch rapid-firing mounts. These men must be school-trained in hydraulics, electric power drives, ammunition, and have long experience at practical mechanics, for gun casualties are dangerous and must be repaired quickly and safely. The Firecontrol Technicians, with months of electronic school behind them, operate and service our precision firecontrol radars and computers, which are the brains of our gun batteries. This equipment is capable of detecting and tracking automatically planes as far out as fifty miles. I JW, .fr . R . A A fish is launched. 'Ui 'flllllllf

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The Commodore lnspects. On 2 October, l95l, Hyman departed Newport for a tour of duty in rho For East. After five weeks of shore bombardment of Wonsan Harbor, Korea, and four weeks screenin9 dUfY Wlfh' C0 'e Tflsk Force 77, Hyman continued West to circumnavigate the globe, making goodwill stops at more than eight ports,.including Hong Kong, Col- umbo, Naples and Cannes. After returning to Newport on the 2lst of April, the ship spent the summer in the Boston Naval Shipyard, and afterwards, six weeks of refresher training Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following Christmas in Newport, the Hyman 9mb0l'lC9Cl on her fourth Mediterranean Cruise, operating with the U.S. Sixth Fleet, and making visits to the French and ltalian Riviera, North African ports, Venice, Trieste, Athens, and Istanbul, returning to Newport in May, l953. During the summer the ship participated in Midship- man Cruise Charlie , visiting Panama, Trinidad, and Cuba. Then, until December she participated in various traning exercises, but, also called at New York and Charleston. Early in January Hyman once more embarked for Europe, this time visiting England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Germany before joining the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean .Thereafter she was active in the many fast carrier task force operations and NATO ex- ercises fueling at night, plane guard duty at thirty knots, General Quarters and AA-firing, and screening duty with the various carrier groups became routine, and the entire ship was trained to a new peak in operational efficiency. lt wasn't all operating, though, for the ship visited Athens, Cannes, Marseilles, Spain, Naples, Malta, Sicily, Venice, and Trieste, with some of us making tours to Paris, Rome, or to the snow-bound Maritime Alps for skiing. Hyman returned home 5 June, l954, a bit short of breath, but in complete accord with the slogan: Join the Navy and see the world. A CLOSER LOOK ' As you can see, we are an operating ship i420,000 miles Since l944l, for only by constant training can our ship maintain that high state of preparedness necessary in order that it might assume with little notice its part in our country's National Defense. Officers and men are constantly being sent to service schools, and many take

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Five torpedoes ond dozens of depth charges keep our small torpedo gang busy. Hyman makes actual torpedo attacks on other ships, setting the fish to run at a 30 foot depth so as to pass well beneath the target ship. Its alcohol and compressed air tur- bines can push one of these babies along at 45 knots, so there's no outrunning them. The sonarmen are the boys with ears , their iob being to de- tectsubmarines and then guide the ship in for a depth charge or f'hedgehog attack, using their electronic sounding devices. One observatiorraf the devastiotng spectacle of an exploding pattern of depth charges would make anyone wary ofrsubmarine duty. OPERATIONS The Operations Department is primarily responsible for the ship's communications. The radiomen maintain powerful trans- mitters and receivers so that we are always in communication with other units and shore relay stations, wherever the ship may go. Even while in the Mediterranean, men receive wires from home in a matter of hours. When operating in American waters, it is actually possible to telephone home through the services of the marine oper- ators. On the bridge, the Signalmen handle visual communications with Signal lights and C0l0rfUl signal flags. The Quartermasters assist with the navigation and keep the ship's logs. I Combat information Center, manned by our Radarmen, is the Officer-of-the-Deck's right arm during operations. Filled with com- plex radar equipment, voice radio speakers, plotting boards, and interior communications, CIC is alive with activity twenty-four hours a day during extensive tactical operations such as those recently experienced with the Sixth Fleet in Europe. Maintenance of this delicate electronic equipment requires the skill of our highly trained electronic technicians. 1 ENGINEERING The Engineering Department is composed of groups of spec- ialized technicians, whose niob codes require proficiency in such widely separated tasks as conducting lectures on Atomic Defense, 'rewinding electric motors, overhauling diesel engines, producing precision equipment on a lathe, welding and brazing, and chemical V, ha t . 5 . 5 W X A CIC plotting team crowded but competent Decontamination team from Repair 3