Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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PAPERWORK BEHIND the consol and in front of it LCDR W.C. HARTUNG CDR. ASBURY H. SAllENGER Air Operations Officer THE PLANNERS In an adjoining cubbyhole to CIC, the planners of Air Operations stare into, through, and around their own plastic board While making out the next dayis flight plan, scheduling COD flights, trips with the helo, and in general, all the Hying operations of the ship. Top row : E.B. Phillips, R.G. Shepard, G.S. Armstrong, W.F. Phillips, V. Giandiletti, A.J. Hendrix, R.L. Williams, L.H. Longshore, R.A. Metcalf. Second row: J.R. Harrington, R.W. Dotson, J.E. Murphy, F.H. Wichert, G.L. Van Cleave, O.L. White, W.H. Haglund, D. Puihnburger, B.R. Odneal. Third row: J.M. Knierneyer, LA. Bales, LE. Taylor, R.D. Crowley, P. Morris, B.A. Cole, W. J. Edwards, R. E. Kindred, M.gD. Bernal. Fourth row: B.J. Bell, C.L. Luck, S.D. Hicks, J. A. Gibson, C.F. Sanders, H.1M. Tullis, D.N. Bozung, R.W. Rick.

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Complexity Itself Coniroll cl CIC OFFICER silhouetted against modernistic, varicolored boards that lists info he needs. 'Www WEIRD EFFECT of photo acheived by plotter behind board High in the island structure, squinting in the bright sunlight, surface and sky lookouts scan designated sectors of the sea and air through powerful binocularsg down below, in the darkness of the Combat Information Center, men from the lookout's same division watch the radar scopes, their thin fingers of flourescence scanning the same sky and water. Both of these jobs are performed by the men of OI WELL-LIGHTED CIC is sight seldom seen, only when ship is in port. division, whose equipment is the guard and the vanguard of the ship. Besides keeping track of ship and air contacts which are not connected with the Lex, CIC is the home of the ship's air controlers, the men who are in constant vocal and visual Cvia radio and radari contact with the ship's own air group directing them after take-off, to the target, and back into the landing pattern. LT. Tw. HARRls LT. w.L. HUGHES LT. J.c. GOFF me R.v. ALTHEUSER LTJG LR. LEHMAN LTJG. LE. GANS '1 J 'l 3 A

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MOST FAMILIAR scene in combati- the sailor and the A scope looking for the blip that means action. RELAXED PHYS- ICALLY, lookout keeps a sharp Watch for surface, air contacts that the bridge must know about. GUARDS AND VANGUARDS POSSIBLY best arrangement of coffee cups on ship is in ECM room, scene of many lively session like this. Top row: B.J. Mosely, E.G. Webb, J.R. Trotter. Second row: C.J. Friesenhahn, H. Salge J.C. McNulty, W.R. Berry, C. Washington, BJ. Harris, P. Sigala, E.W. LaFontaine, J.W Robinson. Third row: K.B. Bass, M.E. Bolinger, E.C. Hinds, TJ. Mowat, G.H. Lucas M.D. Bernstein, P.A. Orloff, D.M. Miller, L.M. Wimberly. Fourth row: J.P. McGuire, D.W Larson, J.W. Robinson, J.L. Camdbell, W.K. Jones, J.E. Nelson, B.L. Meyer, R.L. Young.