Sanborn (APA 193) - Naval Cruise Book

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GPER TI and NAVIGATI The Operations Department headed by Lieutenant CommanderL H Gary U S N provides the eyes RN l f lf ll n the Department s responsibility to collect evalu and disseminate operational information the alert men of the C D1v1s1on maintain continuous commun ion watches in port and at sea provide mail service when practicable and maintain the Combat Info mation Center in a state of readiness. Radiomen handle the bulk of message traffic received and sent by the ship, with a very important Q assist from the signalmen who man the signal flags and light on the signal bridge. Radarmen, sitting at complex and expensive radar gear in the Combat information Center, scan the seas for miles around, x spotting contacts, navigational aids, and even weather. Electronics Technicians, meanwhile find their attention directed toward the temperamental electronics i gear in Radio Central and the Combat Information Center, keeping casualties to a minimum, and quickly Q repairing electronics failures. , the ears and the voiceoftheSANBO . n u i ig I U '. . I ' , ate, icat' ' , ' ' ' ' i ' ' 1-- T 2 Q Telemen manage the ship's post office, handling the incoming and outgoing mail, selling stamps and money orders, and providing all the services of a small post office ashore. y While the Operations Department carries out the-orders of the Operational Commander, it's the Navi- gation Department which has the job of getting - and keeping - us on a straight course. Star and Loran Fixes, sunlines, as well as the ship's log, keep N Division personnel, headed by Lieutenant junior grade R. H. aprile, on deck through the day and night. Division t Port to Starboard, Front Row: Pasceri, V. A. QM35Scott, LR. QM35 Sigman, p A QM3. Aprue, R H , . . Y . Q a n , o 0 N ELEC, lBacL. Rovsl. Carson, Vim. C. QMCQ Hausbeck, JJ. QM3g Pinckney, C, P, PN35 Tucker, L,N. 'fir'

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Curran checks the inventory record of re- pair parts with Warrington. We must have that switch someplace around here! Jgjisif... . . za Yfff' 0' 'l q snub im-4 1 F 1--. U? in Q 51' Miller and Longo keep those very important batteries up. Maintenance' of batteries is a big job in the SANBORN. .As QQ Sm--tt. Z.mz.tl.nrx. Caparas, Gibbs at tho Mnm Su-mah!-,.nrd an the Engine Room get a In-w :drum-f mul ul tho unfunny business of p.u'.1l1f-lmtg mrvunts. SI! Oo X175 lil ll

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Mr. Aprile watches Scott take an azimuth to the sun to check compass error. Q35 5-f'hs:3ge..:.-4 J Tix Lhiillt-1 Sigman tells a joke by semaphore. A sure way to ruin a punch line, but Scott, Hausbeck and Tucker find it funny anyway! X K 5 if x L Cl S 'S Parse:-ri and Sigman step off the next leg of the trap lu Marseilles, while Hausbeckchecks thc- we-nthvr ln the log.