Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT SOUTHWORTH LT ET-TLERINGER My QperaTions DeparTmenT is charged wiTh gaThering, evaluaTing, ampliTying and disseminaT- ing combaT and operaTional daTa and inTelli- gence which is required Tor The Taslcs assigned To me. ln words oT one syllable, The Gperairions De- parTmenT insures ThaT l am in The righT place, aT The righT Time wiTh The sTraighT dope available To all who need iT. The collecTion and disseminaTion oT inTorma- Tion oT all Types are Two oT The deparTmenT's mosT imporTanT TuncTions. Comrnunicahons are essen- Tial To perTorming Them. Conceguemrly The Qper- aTions DeparTmenT include: radiornen and signal- men who send and receive many rrve:3agf:'g ease day. These messages rnay be Trmzrrirl ' i radio Telephone, radio Telfflypff radix if Tlashing lighT, Tlaghoizh f,rfr'rifipTif,rff, rf- any oTher moan avnilfiblff. The iifwif T Ceived by any oT lliffnff irif-Thifi ' 'ThroughouT Tha ship To Tliouf ii rr--H s The Taslc oT C',!VcTlllc'1llC7T1, iirriplihi Vi play oT Tho inTormaTion rifiTlif-reil TT :L radarmen who man my C.fornTmT ln' se' 'TGV They Cori'Qwlic'lf'1Tv The in' 'd ' 1' The radiomon and eaigrmlrneri i.-,iTi ww' Q: Trom radar. elecTroniv rwi1fwTw'rfHw.ri radio circuiTs, early warning qiewr, wwf licaTions, Qperahons Graders and P was and owe prinled rnaTTor inTo inTellicienfe 'hal Ta' be derslood quiclrly and used 9iIS?f i'ifS7 cis the mand. CIC also conTrel-2 aircrad X T i- fref: by The carriers. ln order ThaT any QT T 1 isis far. te plished, many pieces oT eTecTrenic eou'cc'e ' 'mf be l4epT operaTing propergv, Tsecarna 'ns gee' is The responsibiliTy oT my eiecTreff7c fecnnciaw. Their headaches are The radar seTs raoa' 'ef peaTers and The radio TransmiTTers and receivers. WiThouT The eguipmenT which The Technicians re- pair, l would be pracTically useless. My OperaTions OTTicer, Commander Joseph B. Sullivan, has The over-all responsibiliTy Tor The many TuncTions oT The deparTmenT. Commander Sullivan and his wiTe, l-lelene, ioined The ship in Palma in Tvlay, l957, when he relieved The Tormer CperaTions OTTicer, Commander J. J. lvliTchell. Among oTher duTies, Commander Sullivan has served aboard The USS li. D. ROOSEVELT TCVA- 42l, The USS RCANQKE TCT.-l45l and was Tor- merly The Naval ATTache aT Waissaw, Poland. P' T'-Q1 v.

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LT MILLER IGN My QI division is responsible lor The colleclion, evalualion and drsseminalion ol inlormalion worlc is done in Combal Iniormalion Cenler ICIC There among whal on Iirsl inspeclion looks like a maze ol radar repealers, wire, radio O I D I V I S necessary Io my Iaclical operalions. Mosl ol Ihe I. . I V KT , LTJG INALKER ,jg J 3:1-ff: 45 receivers, squawlr boxes, Ielephones and offer confusion, is The nerve cenfer ol Ihe ship. CIC is Ihe 'rerminal poinl' for IO voice circuifs over which come all ol Ihe Iaclical orders fo fhe ship, plus imporlanl inlormalion relayed irons olher ships or planes. From Ihe iriorrnafior de- rived lrom lhe radar sels, Ihe men fracl and Iliff all planes and ships in fha area. ldv cleien' ENE RLZEY ENS MLGIEI? againsl air and surlace allack also iniliales in CIC. In reslricled walers or when in radar range ol any land, CIC is responsible lor my sale, radar navioalicin, The men ol OI are vilal 'ro my opera- fioni, fkllhoucgh Ihey work moslly in semi-darlv enoeo fpaces. Ihey leep me in Ihe Iighl and on .,.,,