Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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t i disks up Q X ' 'zxlixl 'fi' i i Y V ' KM: : 1 -1 l tl 1 - , , ' x ,I 1 H as gag A f 1 ,.' i Jf ,L ffl ANGE and bearing on that bogey! Is that a Zeke? 5 ' Ckay-get on it! 43 and 45 match starboard for- ward designation. Jill coming in at 270-port battery cognmence firing! As the eyes of the ship, the Item Clnformationj Division was a busy one. C.I.C. filtered the information received from the lookouts, search radars, and other ships and sent it throughout the SANTA FE to keep all hands fully advised on enemy contacts. k In addition I Division manned twenty millimeter mounts, operated Fire control radars, and supplied technicians to keep all radars functioning. Peacetime duties call for continued vigilance by the lookouts, with radar playing a major part When visibility is limited. Comtant aferfnesx at a radar .vrope is a .vtrain on boflz eyer and nerves, .fo of-duty operator: wefcome a chants to relax.

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l l l 1 Taking time outfrom fre control to get some sun una' co-fee. E When needed, hath optical und electrical fre control equipment get ct repczirjoh hy the F Division men in the op shop. ti f iVQ' WTXT ,Ll ,Qs dual If Lil. .L r ,EQHE Fox Division operates and maintains the complicated mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, optical, K' and electronic equipment necessary to accurately aim and fire the SANTA FE's guns. At General Quarters this division mans the directors, control stations, and plotting rooms. For maintenance they are divided ac- cording to batteries-six inch, five inch, and machine gun-plus an optical crew and a gunner's gang. During working hours the men operate from the armory, the op shop, and main and A-A plots, the latter being most popular. WVhen they are off duty the men congregate in these compartments, each with its music and joe-pot, to write letters, read, and shoot the breeze. Fire controlmen in AA Plot agree that the 'juke hoes makes the tedious hours zyf cz condition watch seem zz hit shorter. il

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l 5 K 1 2 E z I! l 1 4 I Ready to go, the- Cooney Bird rests on the catapult waitingfor the next jiight, while the inen take their ease helow it. il g Pilots cy' the Kingj?shers', spotted SANTA FEfre on enemy beaches, f patrolled for suhs, and rescued downed aviators. T is the Victor,' Division's job to Keep ,em Hyingf, Blost of their work on the planes is done topside. Here, despite all the obstacles of nature and war they keep the SANTA FE's planes in top condition. The division is made up of aviators, mechanics, radiomen, ordnancemen, metalsmiths, parachute riggers, photo- graphers, and other special technicians of the aviation branch. All these men have had intensive training in their particular held, equipping them to maintain and repair aircraft. A tribute to their skill is the fact that the pilots never had a mechanical failure in a SANTA FE plane. Une Gooney Bird came down too badly shot apart to fly again and two more were smashed landing in heavy seas, but every one held together long enough for pilot and crew to get out safely. When a plane returns, :nan-y willing hands are needed to place it safeb' in the launching ear as the ship rolls in the sea. l if I i , 1, '.l l