Princeton (CG 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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SCAT Small Cray? Action Team SCAT - Small Craft Action Teams are the first to respond to imminent threats to the ship, especially by approaching watercraft foften at high speedj. The response is swift and with a Wide range of options, all of them include weapons mined upon fast approaching craft. Warnings are given and then shots may be fired ffirst as Warnings across the bow, then shots may be fired to neutralizej. SCAT Team ready for battle! STBD 25mm destroys an unsuspecting tomato. C hf 1 . GMC Nelson ensures proper use ofthe STBD GAU Forward 50 Cal SCAT team keeps 3 Watc U eye ' h Ch th rt ofkilling. PORT GAU used in a biological Warfare environment. GMI Cisneros teac es apS C 21

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VBSS Wsit Board Search and Seizure VBSS - Visit Board Search and Seizure - teams board ships in search of illegal contraband, guns, or smuggled oil, These teams often spend many hours in hot humid Weather conducting rigorous boardings throughout the day. lt is a job that on the surface may seem mundane, out has the potential for great danger and excitement! VBSS Team climbing high free board. VBSS Team boarding large passenger transporter. Preparing a small Dhow crew for inspection. The VBSS Team . FoleX7s CFake Rolexlsj found in car trunk ET2 Muela is unrelenting in his search. FCI Hill 8a SMI Baraodian suspect something. 5 S, sms: C . . , . G ' w t ruisin in the RHIB to the next victim. ET2 Martin relays vital Comms to ENS Broom loves his pape11v0I'k- PRINCETON. 72

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Now I know what your thinking, uwhat in the world do those two acronyms meann? Vertical Replenishment and Underway Replenishment is what they mean, and I can also tell you this. . . they were heard on a weekly basis during PRINCETON's West Pac '03, The Boatswains Mates are the backbone of these evolutions, and we did them moming, noon, and night. AVertRep is a method of getting supplies onboard, so that the crew can have fresh food, sodas, snacks, and other supplies. The evolution consists ofthe ship going to Flight Quarters, and the flight crew maneuvering a CH46 Sea Knight Helicopter over deck to drop off the supplies from a supply ship. Now an Unrep is a little more dangerous than a VertRep. An Unrep is how the ship gets refueled while out to sea. The PRINCETON comes alongside the refueling ship while both ships are separated l50ft apart moving at 13 knots. After heaving lines shot over to our ship from the refueling ship, a long hose with a probe attached is connected to our 'creceiver bella. Then the fuel can begin pumping Capproximately 4' .3 3 mga- X 150,000 gallons of Diesel Fuel Marine each timej. On West Pac 903 the PRINCETGN performed 22 Ve1tReps and 38 Unreps. E 74