Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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OA's Nickname: Weather Guessers The joking nickname of Weather Guessersv Which has been pinned on the boys of OA is a bit unfair. By proven statistics, they have been right over 75W of the time with their fore- casts, not bad just guessing One of OA's complaints: their phone rings once every three minutes during the Working day with requiests for odd information like what the Weather is like in Coronado at 5th and Orange St. EIGHT-FOOT diameter of Weather up by mouth usually balloon 1S inflated balloon dwarfs man trying to blow it by compressed gas Man finally did it LEX AEROLOGIST, Lt Cjgj Bohman confers daily with the Captain over his charts. Top row: F.L. Jones, M.B. Scherbarth, E. Harbin, B.L. Daugherty, R.L. Whitney, F.B Giebel RR Petrin HE Sladek PC Randle Second row: F.L. Olsen, J.W. Faucette, B.F. Hodges, A. Toll, B.H. Gentry, R.E. Weedin, J B Unruh R P White

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Q UP AT DAWN, OA'S CHIEF JONES TAKES FIRST LOOK AT DAY'S WEATHER AS FIRST LIGHT BREAKS OVER VAST SEA. LTJG T.J. BOHMAN WEATHER BALLOON aids in making forecast by transmitting data atmosphere. IT'S KIND OF A DAY I I I I In Herb Shriner's home town, he tell us, folks canat talk about the Weather because they don't get much of it, but when they do get around to the subject, all they can I say is, It's kind of a day, ainit it? Mr. Shriner,s home I town ought to spend one of those days at sea, then they'd I have something to talk about. The men who do the most talking about it on the Lex do so because it's their job. The OA division's aerologists make Weather forecasts that are used for planning by ship and air group. HAND ANEMOMETER gives force of wind, is used every 15 minutes during air ops. MINUTE SCALE readings, plug Weather broadcasts via teletype go into forcasts.

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TUBES, From record players to radar, if itls electronics equipment it is up to the men of OE to keep it Working. They- 've got all radar except the fire control radar on the ship. TV tubes, big LIKE WATCHMAKER OE's men must be skilled with delicate tools, steady hands. WITH MINIATURE camera, the brains of OE discuss Captainls TV debut. TUBES, TUBES ! tubes and little tubes, that's practically all you find in the ET shackw Where the OE men hang out, they say even their coffee is vacuum packed. LT. P.M. MCCLUSKEY CWO2 P-K- MOWERS BIGGEST UNCLASSIFIED TUBE IN THE HOUSE GETS THE ONCE OVER.