Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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I' I I I I I I I. II I N I ,I I 1 III I I I 3 I I , I I 4. gl I --,S f , RMC S.L. Elliot AGCCAWI T. Lambert OC Leading Chief TAD Leading Chief The Navigation Division's primary task is the safe navigation of the ship. The division is comprised of six personnel whose primary underway watch station is Quarter Master of the Watch. The QMOW is responsible for keeping an accurate record of the ship's charted progress toward its next destination or port, and docu- menting all important events and evolutions taking place on the Bridge. Extensive voyage planning, such as preparing charts, publications, navigational briefs and related messages - to advise the fleet of the ship's intended plan of movement and logistic requirements upon arrival - are just a few of the jobs accomplished on a routine basis underway. Working as a team is important for the QMS, especially when at Sea Detail enter- ing or departing a port of call. During Operation Desert Storm, the quartermasters logged more than 20,000 safely naxigated miles, bringing the ship to four ports of callg two transits of the Suez Canal, a passage of the Straits of Messina, and, of course, back across The Big Pond to homeport in Norfolk. The Mobile Environmental Team CMETD, home based in jacksonville, Fla., joined ON Division for the deployment. Consisting of three aerographer's mates serving as a forecaster and two meteorological technicians, the MET provided atmospheric and sea condition reports, as well as assisting aviators during flight quartersfVIRTREP evolutions. They also launched weather balloons for training and performed data input assistance for the newly installedjOTS computer system in Combat Information Center. The electronic wizards of OE Division perform their magic on all of PUGET SOUND's equipment. Responsible for the maintenance and repair of the ship's radar, communication and navigation equipment, the everything techs were in constant demand throughout Operation Desert Storm. The motto of the division's QMC M.W. Styga ETCCSWI M.C. Thibodeau ON Leading Chief OE Leading Chief electronic technicians during the deployment: Ifwe can't fix it, it ain't broke! Operation Intelligence Division COIJ consists of a group of highly trained operation specialists working in the Combat Information Center. During the deployment, the division was responsible for the contribution of various reports to the task group commander, including maritime reports CMARREPSJ of shipping and operational reports COPREPSJ of the status of PUGET SOUND. MARREPS assisted the task group commander in the location of all ships in the area of the Red Sea. The division also provided the intelli- gence reports used for the boarding of a merchant vessel known to be a carrier of illegal contraband. A normal day at sea in CIC means 24-hour watches to provide a safe passage for PUGET SOUND. CIC provides the Bridge with information on ships that are in the area but may not be visible. CIC also provides backup navigation. The division helps coordinate special evolutions as well, such as refueling and flight quarters. Whether the. ship was underway or pierside, CIC provides a tacti- cal picture of the area around PUGET SOUND. The radiomen and signalmen of OC and OS Divisions worked their magic with radio waves and visual communications during the demanding, yet highly successful multi-task force operations and numerous major communication in- cho s. Rgdio Central served as the ship's primary source for voice, teletype, record traffic and helo coordination. SMS assist, and sometimes replace, electronic communications through the use of semaphore, flag-hoist and search-light procedures. The professionalism and skill in performing their vital role in support of Operation Desert Storm earned them the title of Communication Experts. OS3 Peek tracks con- tacts on radar in CIC. he 147

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RMl C. L. Guy SM1 W. A Johnson ET1 G. H. McNair QM1 R. T. Taylor ETICSWD G. Vatty SM2 A Y. Brown OS2 F. C. L. Brown OS2 M. L. Brown ET2 J. T. Corlew AG2 P. Frost RM2 K. Thompson ET2 J. D. Trometer RM3 W. G. Brown RM3 K S. Coleman QM3 J. J. Dixon Ww............,w'o ET3 Karawan double checks circuit patches in Radio Central