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. 1st Row K. V. Holloway, H. C. Sullivan, D. C. Myren, C. R. Dekoster, LTJG S. M. Cowan, G.A.Anderson, C. W. Harvey, L. H. Mendow, D. E. Deskin 2nd Row R. Soney, M. R. Tibbetts, M. B. Robinson, C. J. M. Cottongim, C. C. Wyrick, H. R. Fickes, R. L. Martinache, A. R. Kalinski VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS Fast, Accurate, and Secure From the makeshift signals of the early Continental Navy to the invisible infrared light of today ' s modern Navy, visual communications have played an important role in naval warfare. During World War II it was not an uncommon sight to see huge task forces executing intricate maneuvers by flag hoist signals. The three principal types of visual signaling used today are flashing light, semaphore, and flag hoist. All three meet the rigid demands of good naval communications : reliability, security, and speed. While in company with other ships, all are constantly used. Buffeted by wind and salt air, signal flags deteriorate quickly, and it ' s the signalman ' s job to see that these flags are kept in good repair. , a -gga||| ig He must be an expert M3 lOBtllB ' W BB B I lookout, able to quickly A mk ' IJI t BRfllPlv ' ll ! identify ships and aircraft I fll I fi 1 5 ' • ' ij by type and nationality. W IB »S BBBB|| TV ? |i A thorough knowledge K l k - i M is required of honors and J m ' S 1 I ' jrflfe ceremonies accorded mili- 9 J iW n T W J llill f i y = ' i civil officials on naval vessels. -% ; K H K ' I B H Some knowledge of the quartermaster ' s rating is necessary, for on smaller ships the signalman and quartermaster work in close conjunction and are often interchanged. All in all, a signalman ' s life is interesting and re- sponsible, and he is al- ways pretty much in the know.
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O-L Division , W Back to the bulkhead, eyes to the sea, might well describe the lookout as he scans the sector he ' s been assigned. Hour after hour, day upon day, his vigilant search goes on. Squinting into the reflect- ed rays of the sun or trying to pick out a wake from a playground of whitecaps, his eyes search for those targets or traces of enemy passage Combat is unable to scope. Of immeasureable aid to the navigator is his rapid report of a searched-for buoy or landfall ; a determinable factor in de- fense of the ship is his ability to catalog friend and foe with only the briefest glimpse of a shadowed silhouette. When in port, lookout watches are se- cured, and he drives and maintains the ship ' s vehicles. Ist Row A. H. Deacon, R. A. Sanderson, J. C. Swanner, ENS R. B. Reeves, G. H. Cox, K. Barker, Jr., W. L. Carter, D. C. Downings 2nd Row D. A. Bull, L. ]. McVay, W. W. Rychel, W.A.Hughes, RT Y it. s R,H. Compton
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