Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Nl' '55 i gwwf T is F l .. a QR x X Q 'KVNV Q Z r' gp I V ,N , fl r 'M' f f ' ', , fDead Reckoning Tracerl to relativej geographic LEFT: DOING A PORT STUDY ABOVE: PLOTTING ON THE DRT which presents a true .Cas opposed presentation of surrounding areas. The DRT has a varied use including retrieving a man over- board or making amphibious beach assaults. CIC also con- trains electronic gear for IFF Clnformation Friend or Foe and ECM CElectronic Counter-Measuresl. During General Quarters, CIC is manned by the Operations Officer who functions as the evaluator: the CIC Officer, who is in charge of CICQ the GLO CGun Liaison Officerl who coordinates CIC and gun control, radarmen who man the five radar consoles, the DRT, and other gear, some Ewsg and various YNXPN who function as phone talkers and status- board keepers. OE Division maintains all the electronic gear of the ship from the fathometer in the keel to the large Hbeehiveu ball on the top of the mast--the TACAN, which ' 4 nm ' f , 1- , ,V , f..-,,-vw ,, ,,,.,, ,,y.-,.fHf.: if,-f ,,.. ' ,lg-15 , , provides bearings to the ship to approaching air- T craft. OE Division en- ' sures that the ship can see at night and in fog, and talk anywhere in the world, by maintaining radar and radio gear. Al- though some of the tubes cost several thousand dollars, an average elec- tronic tube might cost 51500.00

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Q o The Operations Department may be compared with the central nervous system of a human body. It is res- ponsible for the ship- wide training program, the collection and inter- pretation of intelli gence, the repair and maintenance of all elec- tronics equipment aboard ship, and when a PhibRon staff is not embarked, with preparation of opera ation plans and evalua- tion of meterological data. The Department is divided into two divisions .i Oli .AMW 1 .: .k.. y Xb, fs, A ,F ew ' :V , ,V . L AHL and OE, supervised by the CIC officer and the Electronics Waterial w b Officer CKMUD, respec- tively. CIC CCombat Information Centerl, receives, int- erprets, and visually presents all surface and air contacts. The ship is equipped with SPSNIO surface search radar and SPS-40 air search radar. CIC has 'SPA 66 surface radar consoles. various sta- YHS boards, and a DRT

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The element of danger is always present as the ETS work w ith voltages up to 22,000 volts and with electronic transmissions that can cook a person from the inside of his body out w out the person involved knowinq what is hapoeninq until i too late. This is why the dangerous antennas which transmit are indicated with red insulators, and the word is fre uentl Q Y passed while in port: H00 not rotate or radiate any electron- ic gear while men are working aloft.H af f . 1. x If nl Q. L' N NN, cl if- E.: 1' , 'G is lg S QZQQHQL, ith- t is