Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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Over the bewildering vastness of the ocean ' s face, without beginning or end, the ship finds its way it rides the charted paths, steered by ear and touch and sometimes, out on the deepest, wildest depths, it reaches up to hold hands with the very stars, seeking guidance beyond the horizon. 4 . LCDR Ernest E. Hollyfield, Jr. Navigator ENS Victor J. Chao Assistant Navigator.

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71- f U - F. Edv 1st Row : N. C. Apple, B. M. Rutkoski, ENS V. J. Chao, LCDR E. E. Hollyfield, F. R. Sim: Ruble, C. L. Reed 2nd Row: J.H.Dunn, R. D. Kohlbsck, D. R. McCracken, G. A. Southard, V. Bigham, R. L. Holde Bergendahl, S. Jones, L. D. Sault, C. J. Vigil, Jr. B.C. K.G. Navigation Division A quartermaster stands his watch on the bridge on the helm, at the chart desk, by the fathometer. Piloting, celestial and electronic navigation, the maneuver- ing board all must be mastered and his penciled symbols must always point surely and swiftly to the ship ' s location. Piloting shows the ship ' s position by visual bearings on visible objects rocks, lighthouses, shoals, mountain peaks and by bouncing sound waves off the ocean floor. Celestial navigation demands punctilious, precise manipula- tion of complex mathematical tables, applied to an instant ' s glimpse of a fleeting star, or acloud-burred constellation ' s hazy glow. Electronic navigation must use the shimmering oscillations of radar and loran to probe over the horizon ' s rim and through fog and gloom, to measure hundreds of miles in the blink of an electromagnetic impulse. The quartermaster must also be adept at the maneuvering board, for quickly calculating distances, courses, speeds, and wind velocities. He must attend to steering, weather recording, winding and setting ship ' s clocks, and painstakingly keeping notebooks of the ship ' s movements and evolutions. 138