Princeton (CVA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 1 P l I 5, 1 f f 9!,2jf f Commander OPERATIONS The tension of war vibrating through CIC and AirOps, the nerve center of a floating landing field, set the tcine of the Operations Depart- ment. The crystal balls of radar, brilliantly lit plexiglass plotting boards, crackling squeals and scree- ches of radio, thousand of aerial photographs, secret dispatches and in- formation, hundreds of feet of film, strong chemicals, powerful blinking signal lights, sixty-six multi-hued signal flags, aerial balloons and baro- meters. . .these are the tools of Operations . Two hundred and thirty oHicers and men are the organ- ization. And the operating schedule, the flight plan, it's dissemination and execution...that is the job of Operations , Lcdr. T. E. Keyes, Communications Officer Lcdr. R. C. McGrath, Air Operations Officer Lcdr. J. J. Laznibat, Air Intelligence Officer Lcdr. D. C. Sliger, CIC Officer Charles M. Brower l ,, ,,,, 7' f ,,,.,W,,Wji ll l L r V l l E la l 51 l l i 1 l l F IZ7 T

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