Rankin (LKA 103) - Naval Cruise Book

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onion VG3 SN ,gs Sxsg 'iliili sififil K King Kong Bob Hechman Mr. May St Friend Fourth Division is responsible for all of the ship's ordnance equipment, comprised of all gun mounts, gun direc- tors, and magazines. For the men of Fourth Division, the cruise was quite satisfying. The Gunnery exercises were frequent, the targets varied, and as time passed, the Gun Crews, through hard work, schooling from Gunners Mates and Mount Captains, and actual practice, improved constantly. Equipment failures were also few and far between. The grade on the Administrative Inspection was high and the ORI brought the best day of the deployment when all tour 40MM mounts and two 40MM gun directors qualified for the White Weapons E award for a period of one year. As the cruise comes to a close, we look forward to re-arming in Norfolk and heading to the Caribbean to sharp- en our shooting eye even more. A X s ,by X, fc? by 51 SX X X X , N ,, , S, , ul wonder how loud it ig? 'lAccurate Fire Control-key to Victory 17 w

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Wt-g., ' -, , - .' FJ 5 -- : I Q. -fl s ' .. '14- 2 A - 1. 554 'F' ' , - gh . T . c 0 LTJG Steven Clayton Asst. Communications Officer Signals Officer RPS Custodian LT. John Malo Communications Officer OC Division is the division charged with the communications of the ship. Radiomen run the radio and teletype equip- ment and handle the enormous message traffic thatcomesto the RANKIN over the airwaves. Signalmen are charged with the visual communications, the flaghoists, the flashing lights and the semaphore. The Electronics Technicians repair the electronic gear of the ship. who directs OC Division is an outstanding outfit because of its hard-working Comm Officer, Lieutenant John Malo, its activities diligently and thoroughly. Thanks to his efforts the OC Dvision of RANKIN is an outstanding Communi- cations Division. t 5 5.-ggi ,, A' French Sanderson RMCM James Boudreaux RM2 Austin Garner RM2 Robert Giamoni SN 19