Kearsarge (CVA 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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K A modern attack carrier is greatly dependant upon the proper function- ing of a vast quantity and variety of electronics equipment for the successful completion of her many assigned missions. From my sector array antennas lwhich are the for- wardmost and aftermost items on my hull, to the TACAN antenna and the fathometer transducer lthe highest and lowest pieces of equipmenti, l am a complex of 252 major com- ponents of radar and communications equipment--exclusive of the fire control gear, which is maintained by the F Division-made up of ll25 separate electronic units. To adiust, tune, service, and repair all this equipment are the scant two dozen men of my OE Division. My trouble- shooting ET's work around the clock in confined spaces or high up in my superstructure to keep my vital and delicate electronics equipment in first- rate operating trim.

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l.J 1 Top row llett to rightt, Cl1i5l'10lm'RyL Wille, B,W., Patterson, L. C., Poguin, JE, Stempniol-c, S.V,, Kinder, J.F., Stewart, RE, Klein, VJR., Kopusinslcy, J,J., Sorenson,J,f1. Mesmon, J. F. Middle row llelt to right Islce, R.C,, McVoy, H,A,, Sl1opowol,J,F CWO Volenti, Lt Metz, Lowe, GM., Lloyc P.0., Lindberg, J, N. Bottom row ilelt 'c rightl: Ellis, G.G,, Glenn, J.W., Porte! S.l.., Forest, G.A,, Ver Merlen, l.,R,, Higgin botliorn, N.l-l., Wliitmcin, l..l'l., Smith, RH

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gf! J.--- . ft - . me 5,,u:,,fv-f--- ,J.1W,. 42 Top row flett to rlghtl: Propps, J. E., Rosendale, .l. A., Watson, B. E., Dohrn, LEU Stephans, D.B., Gilbert, W, D,, Howard, W. E., George, J.F. Middle row. Wyant, RG., Gartner, L.A., Shull, W.D., Ltig G.M. Anderson, Ltjg CD. Fisher, Todd, R..l., Shaftranlc, TJ., Boaz, J.C. Bottom row: Hoare, J.A., Bond, R.E., Bender, R.W. Beneath my giant flight deck, amid- ships, lies the Combat Information Center'-my electronic nerve center. CIC is the collection point for a tremendous amount of tactical informa- tion. Here the CIC Watch Officer sifts the pertinent from the extraneous and relays his evaluation and recommenda- tions to the bridge to keep the canning officer fully informed. Day and night the all-seeing, ever' probing electronic eye of radar, relentlessly searches the sea and diff around me. The men who utilizethlsi' magic eye help guide my planes onlj strikes and control fighter planes ONE patrol high overhead. And if I umfl engulfed in fog, my Carrier Controlled Approach team brings my aircraflr back aboard safely. Topside, the human eyeS Of In Iookouts supplement my eleCff0 l eyes, for radar, no matter ho' accurate is still less than perfect