Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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63 FirsT Row lL-Rl - Bissinger, D. M.: HursT, J.: Sfahr, G. F.: Ramsfine, M. C.: Farnin, A.: Collins, C. A.: Knowlfon. G- H-I RaFFerTy, V. C. Second Row - Andreano, V. M.: Deschene, E. J.: STrong, W. A.: Sours, G. E.: ZasTrow, E. F.: SheeTs, A. E.: Williams, P. E.: Swayne, W. T.: Mueller, J. E.: Joyce, P. J.: Fialluoff, J.: Going, D. J. Third Row-Van Dyke, J. W.: Baumann, E. J.: Sprucebanlr, T. L.: Sullivan, A. J.: Powers, R. J.: LTJG. T..W. Smifh- LTJG. J. O. EllioTT: Gillis, J. A.: ZiaoTTi, J. A.: Smifh, J. H.: EpsTein, A. S.: DeiTsch, D. R.: LizoTTe, J. L.: Shipfon, L. I Fourfh Row-Wilkinson, K. B.: Correia, J.: Wilson, J. A.: Wood, J. N.: Lauder, D, E.: Garcia, M. S.: Zoch, J. R: CurTis, W. E.: Jessup, J. M.: Fields, R. S.: Collins, R. O.: Winfz, R. J.: Taylor, D. J.: WinTerburn, A. H.: Phelps, F. L 7:1 The days oT John Paul Jones and Edward Preble a naval gun was posiTioned by moving The ship wiThin a Tew hundred TeeT oT a TargeT, rolling iTs carriage inTo The mosT Tavorable posiTion, elevaTing iT To The proper degree by The use oT wedges, and Tiring by The direcT applicaTion oT a maTch To The Touch hole oT The cannon. An early bool: on gunnery opened wiTh The maxim, 'a gunner musT love and serve Godf The wiclc Tuses They used burned. 'as long as iT TalceTh To reciTe The AposTles' Creed. The generaTions oT sea warTare ThaT Tollowed, wiTh Their consTanT emphasis on The new weapon, have so adl vanced The science oT Naval Ordnance ThaT Today's Fire ConTrol Technician is one oT The mosT highly skilled and scienTiTic oT all Navy men. l-lis soluTion To The modern N l G if he and his shipmaTes are To be able To pray aT all. The FOX Division oT Th ship's guns. AlmosT every advance oT science has been incorporaTed inTo Their worlc. STereo, CaThode Ray Tube. Oscilloscope, ohmeTer, sTable elemenT, and amplidyne are iusT parT oT The every da vocabular The use. They Y Y Y mainTain over IOO separaTe spaces ThroughouT The ship, varying Trom PloTTing rooms, deep wiThin The hull. l'0 ava unnery problem musT be insTanTaneous and accuraTe. e SALEM is The organizaTion responsible Tor The accuraTe and rapid posiTioning of all ..., A 'I 1.1 z., 'V I 5 1-hai 4 1 X ., , . ,119 W a' ,7 r A ' A I I fi? ' - ::'.:.- .1 ,, ,. . AT T K ' 'A '1.L:f-..au.,..l:4,... ,Q GZ

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rl if i - ii 7: 1 if 'am' HQv,fll1,1.ffq i ' Fein! I We VF-s ni , F IMP! g s , , f egg . N 1 ' gf., y if lf' F Q. 8 gfglfx 'mf' fag. L' 3,4 il 4- Firsr Row lL-Rl - Lesser, V. K.: Boisiolie, E. C.: Palumbo, V. J.: Coulure, D. L.: Barber, A. W.: Gorrow, L. J.: Canham D.: Lynch, T. S.: Shorfman, S. R. Second Row-Kanabroclri, C. E.: Kennedy, J. D.: Dawson, T. F.: Kramer, K. C.: LT. l.. C. Duesferberg: ENS. E. J Feldhausen: Rosforfer, E. F.: Mann, R. J.: Grubbs, G. A.: Barry, D. E. Third Row-Ames, J. L.: Tellefsen, R. M.: Eisman, B.: Dzielronslri, H. M.: Crisanfi, P. J.: Newman, G. A.: Carlson, R. E. Meyer, R. V.: Baskin, W. E.: Lewis, C. N.: Defro, G. l.: Lind, E. L.: Cummings, R. J. direcrors which Tower over rhe supersrruciure. Every circuir musl operaie. every conlacl mus'r be free from The ever damaging sall spray, all maierial mus'r be in a IOOWO condiiion of readiness. Baileries mus+ be aligned. radar and opiical equipmeni always in phase, every compuler is subiecl To a consranl mainrenance and lesl schedule, and all laslcs from a brighr worlc polishing iob To a complere rransmission lesl musl be performed lo rhe slandards Jrhaf have been esiablished. Training is lhe maior phase of all FOX division worlc. They're lhe boys Thar sland walches of conslanl prepared- ness. Hours on srarion and hours worlcing wilh Jrhe rools of lheir naval profession, begin io clear away 'rhal' muddled impression lhey gof 'rhe iirs+ lime rhey srepped info a plorring room. From srarion +o slarion, from iob To iob, from leclure lo lecfure, he learns rhe inrricacies of rhe fire conirol syslem. The pracrice of Gunnery exercise in- siiiuied so early in our Naval hisiory is one lhai he is lully familiar wilh. l-low many dry runs, how many Transmission checlcs, how much mainrenance and analysis goes info +he firing of one pracrice round? Through all ihe rraining, pracrice, and surveillance, one realizarion is readily obvious ro Fire Conlrolmen. Should ihe SALEM ever be needed, ihey are lhe men ihai all eyes will iurn io. .. .4 .,... .-......,.s.L..