Leonard Mason (DD 852) - Naval Cruise Book

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Signalman! Signals Signals SIGNALS! Forshee and Lovelt remain calm — The only ones! Lewis. Keep twisting, it ' ll work — maybe Boone. Are you qualiiied to use lh( Signal? Ready for execution captain! speed key? y iJ P - ri ' mk 3 fl i :SB l B U ft ; -j H r fl H r f . « ' B 9f§ vi f :) iH K J K Ja ' ' BpS tf BiV wM K. VI 1 % .:. H 1 IS ' ' 1 ■ Calloway. Ship ' s bell, and Lovelt. Who says we never turn to? McConnell. What do 1 say next — r r Lx x ' n ri r — I — Bennetts and Cain. Ships office 1956 — If it ' s not one damn thing, it ' s two. McConnell. It ' s quartermaster of the watch this and QM of the watch that ... !!!

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FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: McConnell T. A., QM3; Callaway, B. O., SN- Moore J D RMSA. MIDDLE ROW: Lynn. I. Y., QM3; Andrefsky. A. (n), PNl; ENS. D. I. BLATT; Harri- son. R. D.. RMl; Amaranle, I. J.. TE2; Stevens, E. F.. RM3. BACK ROW: McRedmond. W. J.. SN; Bennetts, L. R., YN3; Karle. D. E., RMS; Cain. P. D.. YN3: Boone, D. L.. RM3; McEntire P. C. SN; ABSENTEES: Link. R. C. QMC; Lewis. J. C, SA; Lovelt, A. G. SN; Duran R F RMSA oc ■ y The OC division under the Operations Department is responsible for all communication functions of the ship. This includes such means of communications as radio, visual, and mail. The division is divided into three sections. First the radio or dit-dah boys. These people contend that it is not nerves that makes them tap their fingers or click their tongues, but only an at- tempt to practice CW. Next ore the ships office boys or the broad beamed pencil pushers. Out of their tiny cubicle comes strange noises, but its only the scratch- ing of quills on parchment. Last are the quartermasters or skivie wavers. These men are the cleanest people on board; for all day they can be seen drying their laundry on the halyards or waving it about on sticks. Through the cruise these people hove consistently handled the flow of communications quickly and ac- curately. You can ' t say that — it ' s not polite. ' 20 mmmm

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BACK ROW. LEFT TO RIGHT: Price, I. C, SA; Everts. W. H.. SA; Hess. L. C. RD3- Coffer E. I.. ET3; Meyer, L. A.. RD3; Williams, C. E., SA; Graham, R. B.. RDSA; Munoz R W RDSN; White, I. A.. SN. FRONT ROW: Murray. L. P., HD3; Sweany. C. D., RD3; Mangham. C. J.. ET2; LT(IG) D. E. Barkkarie: ENS. F. Hundhammer; Watkins. D. D., ET2; Wright, H. T. RD3; Galloway, J. W., ET3. ABSENTEES: Reinerl. G. D.. SN; Wardrupe, E. (n) RDl- Beach M. L.. SN. Q, 01 DIY CIC, Combat Information Center — The eyes and ears of the ship is located in one little 12 ' x 12 ' room packed to the overhead with electronic gear, radarmen, and electronics technicians. The technicians job is to keep every piece of the complicated equipment operating at peak efficiency so that the radarmen can utilize it to their best advantage. Maintaining an up to date navigational picture; keeping on -accurate plot on all contacts, enemy and friendly; course and speed recommendations to put the ship on station; guarding four radio circuits; keeping an up to date status aboard; these are just a few of the routine jobs of the men in the OI division at sea. When maneuvers commence, the job increases many- fold. Mangham and Galloway. There switch in here somewhere. nust be an on-off 22