Peleliu (LHA 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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01 DIVISIO OSCS B.W. REED Waldron, AK OI DIV LCPO ,, ,.,-1' fs,- ' . .ff-- -'J . Top- OSSN CHRISTIAN passes ship traffic bearing and range information to OSSN COONROD who plots the data on tracing paper. Above- OSZ5 PICKUP keeps a close eye on aircraft movement as the ship's Air Tracker. 68 OPERATIONS -,,. 47 f if Traditionally, the 24-hour day is divided into seven watches 0000-0400 Mid-watch 1600-1800 First dog watch 0400-0800 Morning watch 1800-2000 Second dog 0800-1200 Forenoon watch watch 1200-1600 Afternoon watch 2000-2400 Evening watch The dog watches -from 1600 to 1800, and 1800 to 2000 serve to alternate the daily watch routine so sailors with the mia watch one night will not have it again the next time. It also af. fords each watchstander an opportunity to eat the evening meal OS Operation Specialists IOSJ are responsible for collecting, processing, evaluating, dis- seminating, and displaying tactical informa- tion for various user stations. Some of their multi-faceted duties include: keeping tabs on all air, surface, and subsurface contacts, providing boat control during amphibi0uS ship-to-shore movements, aiding aircraft to intercept points, computing ship traffic in- tercepts, maintaining a navigational plot, updating all tactical plotsjdata bases, and relaying tactical and administrative infor- mation to other platfomas using communi- cation circuits. As the OS motto states, IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS WE TRACK AND REPORT .

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CDR D.P. COOK Edgemont, SD OPERATIONS OFFICER Operations Department is one of the most multi-talented and versatile organizations aboard PELELIU. It literally has its fingers in every piece of the pie . From air control to weather predic- tion, supplying intelligence data to ship's photography, all facets of the ship's day-to-day routine are coordinated and controlled by this department. Spearheaded by CDR COOK, the Operations Officer, Operations Department can be broken doum into four areas: OA, which handles all forms of weather prediction by gathering and analyzing complex meteorological data: OC, which controls all airbome ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore move- ments, OI, the largest division in Operations is responsible for gathering, processing, evaluating, disseminating, and displaying tactical information for various users: and OZ Division, com- posed of several job specialists, it provides all joumalism, pho- tography, intelligence processing and evaluation, intemal televi- sion programming and public relations. MAJ S.J. TALBOT Fall River, MA AIR OPS OFFICER 5, f 2' and U' NIMH: tl OSCS C.G. RAY Denver, CO OPS DEPT LCPO LT J. KOZAKAR Arcadia, CA SURFACE OPS OFFICER ENS D.fl. GOSSETT Ft. Erwin, CA CIC OFFICER 4.5 1 ff 4, Q OPERATIONS 67

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O51 C.D. WHITE 051 PENGILLY OS1 CLE. SPREWELL Brooklyn, NY La Nlrada, CA Los Angeles, CA ZX ,, , , '-',f,iV -7,1 gy? 1 I , 7 f W mg Z ff ef f 'f f 7 f X ,Q 1 l :fx V X,-. f Top Right- OS5 SILVER smiles after a successful soda run. Above Lett- OSSN ZBORIL relaxes after a twelve- hour watch. Above- OS2 'iElvis GOODWIN makes a cameo appearance in berthing. Q A Q, uw I y Q gy Q9 Kg, s i 0' , x S 2 S S 2 Q X A Q S S ' 1' S .Q E if if S ff. 4 pax Ffa r'01 6s Above- Hey Randy lOS2 SHIELDSJ, what are you smiling at? U GPERATIONS 69