Saipan (CVL 48) - Naval Cruise Book

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AVIGATIUN e artmen D P f 1- ' -1- fix i l Commander E. W. MERKT, U.s.N. Commander R. RODRIGUEZ, USN N3Vig3t0l' Navigatgr From Norfolk and in the Far East Long before reveille sounds the Navigation Department begins its working day. From dawn's early light until twilight fades you will find the Navigator and his junior assistants, the Quartermaster gang plodding and plotting away to ensure that the SAI will be where she should be. An average day in the Navigation Department includes at least the following: Morning stars, morning sun line, local apparent noon to determine exact latitude, afternoon sun line, and evening stars. The primary job of the Navigation Department is to maintain a continuous and ac- curate plot of the ship's position and to recommend courses to be followed by the Com- manding Officer. Loran and radar aid celestial information in determining the ship's posi- tion. When entering or leaving port, and during general quarters, the quartermaster gang takes over the helm, and take visual bearings on landmarks to assist the safe navigation ofthe shi On National Holida s and other special occasions the quartermasters dress P- y Slilpi' . . . a simple appearing task but one which takes many hours of careful prepara- t1on. Although small as compared to other departments in the ship's organization, the Navigation Department performed a tremendously important function in bringing the CAN DO ship safely through the many oceans and- seas of the world from Norfolk, 3l'0Llnd the world, and back to Norfolk. From the Far East to Norfolk

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LTJG R. L. FARQUHAR ASSISTANT NAVIGATOH pi '-...Y JOHN R WOLFE MORTON ln! DOLCHIN GERARD P. SIMPSON R. TURESKI . QM3 QMSN QMSN QM2! C Southampton, N. Y. Staten Island, N. Y. Philadelphia. Pa. New York, N. Y. I I avlgatlon AL, IAM R BUTTON MAYNARD E. CLARK ANTHONY w, WARFORD n .DANIELS EDWIN C. BLACKBURN WILL . D T QM1 QM3f C QMSN QMSN QMSN JOHN R. Pol Mnrganlown N C Baldwin, N. Y. Malden, Mass. Gloversville, N. Y. Easwfh Pa. QMSN EY San Francisco, Cu, F l1unmu- 2 . . I.-EN W. HOPE ALBERT E. LAVHON, IR. FREDRICK A. LEINHAUSER FRANK S. McCLELLAND D. D. McMAH1LL EDWARD N UONTN QMSXC QMSXC YN3fC QBN ' N QMSN Pawtucket, R. 1. Sumner, Mg, Mnssapequ, ,LY QMS A N wton, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. Leesburg, Fla. 6 -vw l Sl'l00t1ng the S Quartermaster of the Watch Sl-iip'sAbug1er . . . U11 Plotting a D.R.T- 1