Kearsarge (CVA 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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About half an hour before sunrise, before my crew has been Called to reveille, my Navigator and H1059 needed as data-takers and alternate star-shooters are found high in mY island superstructure taking advan- tage of Nature's amazing order to determine exactly my position on the face of the globe, even when I am nowhere near land. Employing a sextant and methods little changed from days of old, the quartermasters assist the Navigator in determining where l am and where l'm going. But even when nature is uncooperative and the heavens are obscured, the men of the N Division can pin-point my position by utilizing my radar, fathometer, or loran. Accuracy is the key word, and that means accurate chronometers, correctly adiusted sextants, and sharp pencils to make a determinationm-accurate within a milewaof my true position on the ocean. ln addition to these duties, my quartermasters stand watches main- lolnlng We lOg of my daily activities and faking the helm whenever I am recllllfed 'O Perform precise maneuvers.

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