Mississippi (CGN 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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OTOI DIVISION The OUTBOARD system is an integral compo- nent of the combat system on selected classes of ships. The primary purpose of the OUTBOARD is to assist and support the mission of the ship and battle group by providing high frequency direc- tion finding other OUTBOARD ships and cryptolo- gic equipped units within the battle group. OUT- BOARD provides an accurate assessment of the forces communications compliance with the emission control conditions in effect. Additional functions include transmission security and re- search into electronic phenomena. The Cryptologic Technicians on board are di- vided into the following specialities, CTA: Admin- istration, CTM: Maintenance, CTO: Communica- tions, CTR; Collection and CTT. Technical. CTT2 Jefferson CT02 Fisher CTRi Pennington CJR2 Mitchell CTOSN Hopl lns CTRSA Jackson

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FIRST DIVISION 1st Division (Desk Force) Not enough can be said of the men tasked to main- tain the overall 4.0 appearance of the MISSISSIPPI. Among other things besides the appearance of the ship. First Division is responsible for running liberty boats, anchoring the ship, underway replenishment, helicop- ter operations, mooring pierside. tool issue, manufac- turing canvas covers and various shipboard wind- screens and awnings, reupholstery work, lookouts and steering the ship. Throughout the fleet we ' re the best that ' s why they call us 1st Division. BMI Totten BM2 Archut BM2 Musco BM3 Marshall BM3 Baisey BM3 Reale BMSN Gibbs BMSN Hyde BMSN McConnville BMSN Nunemaker BMSN Gorsuch BMSN Beaulieu Jiii SN Black SR Kramer SN Kineman PCS Lyies SN Holder SN Owen SR Smith SN Howard SN Allen SR Cvijic SR Geer SR Smith

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OC DIVISION RM:2 Allen RM3 Coleman RMSN Keim RMSN Rand The radiomen and signalmen of OC Division provide the MISSISSIPPI with one of her most essential commodities: Communications. The type of communications provided range from semaphore and flashing light, between two or more ships a couple of miles apart, to satellite relayed messages with the rest of the world. SMSN Marsh SMSN Broome SMSN Coluzza SM2 Simuel