Morton (DD 948) - Naval Cruise Book

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01 DIVISION Walking into CIC on a bright, sunny afternoon is like suddenly entering Fantastic Voyage. The room is dark, with several areas of slowly turning luminescence As your eyes become accustomed to the dark, the shad- owy figures become the MORTON ' S Radarmen, some working over radar scopes, some tracking contacts on the DRT, others working over charts. This is the nerve center of the ship where targets are plotted and spotted during NGFS, where the ship ' s position is fixed when entering and leaving port, where tactical data is originated and evaluated. But despite its apparent ' otherworldliness ' CIC and its radarmen aren ' t far-removed from reality. Its posi- tion right behind the bridge provides easy access for harried officers, there always seem to be about six too many people in there, and six too many things happening at one time for anyone to handle except the radarmen. For everyone else, it ' s the nervous center of the ship. (above) The results of JOOD ' s inspection are as follows . . . (below) ' groovin ' in sick bay