Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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LTJG Gray ETCS Evans OE stands for Operations Electronics. The men in this division - Electronics Technicians - are responsible for maintaining LYNDE McCORMICK's operations electronic equipment. This includes long rangefair search and surface Search radrs, numerous radar repeaters, all communications equipment, passive elec- tronic countermeasures systems, LORAN navigation, and tactical air navigation CTACANJ equipment. The division is split between those who Work primarily on radar equipment fETR'sj and those who Work primarily on communications equipment CETN'sj. ETCS Evans has kept the division running smoothly by helping out on difficult maintenance problems, both radar and communications. It is a tribute to the efforts of the ET gang that LYNDE McCORMlCK's elec- tronic equipment has operated exceptionally Well during WESTPAC '69. Deke repairs the Navigator's repeater. ETC Kennedy ETN2 Beekman ETR3 Bowman ETRSN Buttner V V -....v.:.,.-......g,,fA.l...-........t.........,.............i........,...L...f,m.-.-.,..,..,..-...---4-f.--M...:...:..a......t:..l,...f..:4e.1...,........-..,.-F A:4...ef,,..:L,.:..z4.-...., Q--.L.. H-- -A-.1 ww-

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LTJ G Slates OC D1v1s1on IS respons1ble for all commun1cat1ons external to the LYNDE MCCORMICK The d1v1s1on IS composed of S1gnalmen and Radromen The Slgnalmen are responslble for the ma1ntenance of all vzsual commun1ca t1ons Flagholst flashrng l1ght and semaphore The slgnalmen s doma1n IS the 03 level above the brrdge From th1s vantage po1nt the s1gnalman can talk to any sh1p w1th1n VISUSI range HIS watches are stood 1n all weather regardless of how fa1r or foul 1t m1ght be Ram and w1nds 1n excess of 50 knots can make hrs watches pretty mlserable Durlng Yankee Statzon operat1ons and operatlons w1th Task Force 71 lt was not unusual for the szgnal brzdge to be handl1ng traff1c from no less than four sh1ps s1multaneously v1a flashzng llght and flaghozst The Mzghty Mac has one of the best srgnal brldges 1n the entlre Pac1f1c Fleet The Radromen are responslble for the ma1ntenance of Long Haul communzca t1ons They accompllsh th1S task V13 rad1o 1n the form of Radroteletype Morse Code or Vo1ce The radzo spaces are closed to publ1c VIGW Fewer than 207 of the crew have ever been 1ns1de the sanctum sanctorum of the Radzomen The ma1n commun1cat1ons spaces are about the s1ze of a small l1v1ng room Th1S space IS crammed wzth soph1st1cated electron1c gear whrch enables the Shlp to commun1cate Wlth any po1nt 1n the world Hour after hour the teleprrnters spew forth reams of paper conta1n1ng the 1nformat1on necessary for the shzp to meet her comm1tments The commun1cat1ons watch IS an around the clock watch In the m1ddle of the nrght when the sh1pboard rout1ne slows the radlo spaces are as busy as they are IH the m1ddle of the day SMC Caldwin RM1 Biggs SA Bluml RMSN Delagarza A