Tolovana (AO 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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Operations Department The OperoTions DeporTmenT spenT oi busy Time during The pc1sT WESTPAC cruise doing everyThing from supplying news for The TOLO TALES, The ship's newspoper, To sTeering The ship soifely Through The shollow wofers off The coosf of VieT Norm. When The cruise begoin, The OperoiTions DepoirTmenT consisTed of Two divisions: OC ond Ol. OC wos The Operofions Communicofions Division consisTing of rodiomen, elecTronic Technicioins oind signolmen. Ol wois The OperoTions lnTelligence Division consisTing of rodormen cind qucirfermos- Ters. Then during The cruise To provide beTTer moino1gemenT ond smoofher opercifions, OC ond OI Divisions were combined inTo one. This helped develop beTTer Teoim spiriT cind o con-do oiTTi- Tude omong The OPS personnel. Besides The usuol iobs ofpoiinfing, chipping, cledning ond moiinfenonce, The individuoil rolfes in OPS performed The following jobs: The RM's hod The job of keeping The ship informed noT only obouT currenT evenTs in The world buT olso oibouT fleeT movemenTs ond operoiTions. IT wos The RM's who kepT ci 24 hour oi ddy, 7 doy ci week copying The fleeT broodcosT ond communicc1Ting wiTh oTher ships in order To co- ordinofe UNREPS ond receive our cusTomer's orders. During The busy doys off The coosT of VieT Nom while fueling The fleeT, The RM's hondled up To TOOO messoiges o monTh. Then when re- Turning To The good ol' USA, They seT up oi rcidio Telephone circuiT so Tho1TThe'sO1ilOrs, chiefs ond officers, who could noT sleep ond who hod choinnel fever, could phone Their loved ones ond soy, Hello, l'm home. The ET's hod The imporToinT Tosk of mciinToiining and repoiring oll The elecfronics equipmenT on boord. Even Though shorT-honded ond inexperienced, They piTched in ofTen working oround The clock so ThoT The TOLOVANA could moinToin her sfondord of excellence ond noT miss o commiT- menT. In Their spore Time The ET's worked on The ship's enTerTolinmenT sysTem so The crew ond officers could lisTen To on occosionol rodio sToTion even if The onnouncer did speok Joiponese. The RD's spenT oll of Their Time in CIC ploTTing conTocTs ond cissisTing The OOD wiTh informoi- Tion obouT everyThing from moving cloud fronTs To low flying bogeys. There wos even The doy when one of The RD's reporTed o conTocT, gcive iTs course olnd speed ond Then iT Turned ouT To be on islond. Moybe iT wos o floofing isloind. The RD's olso moiinToiined voice communicofions wiTh ships in compony or neorby encibling The TOLOVANA To hdve one more mecins of communicoT- ing oind coordinoTing QT seo which is so imporToinT in The complicoTed operoTion of replenishing oT seo. The SM's provided The ship wiTh o secure meolns of communicoTion Through The use of floshing lighT, semophore ond floighoisT. In The comboT zone off The coosT of VieT Nom securiTy is of uT- mosT imporTonce oind visucil communicoTions ore iusT such cu meons for obToining This securiTy. Also The SM's proved To be involuoble To The OOD's os exfro lookouTs. WiTh.Their long glosses, They helped idenTify conTocTs cind The big 24 inch' secirch lighfs on The signol bridge more Thoin once ocTed cis The eves of The ship. ik 99633

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During parT oT our slack Time overseas, aTTer our hard work aT sea and The heavy loading in porT, The Supply DeparTmenT was rewarded wiTh permission To have a deparTmenT parTy. CapTain and Mrs. Gorsline, second and Third from leTT, and LCDR,Jordan, second from righT, were our guesTs. On exTreme righT is LTljgl Lincoln, Supply DeparTmenT Head. On exTreme leTT is ENS. MasTers, our Disloursing Officer. 5 5 2 AW' We couldn'T leave out some of The sing-le men. This is where iT's at guys. LEFT TO RIGHT: CS2 Tam, DK3 Durr, and standing in o daze, DK3 Epps. up-Q um WK 1 ch! W 4' sis MMU' , , V if Q! f X I 'V ff - i - .- i W? f f nr 4 fa, lm p , . - . 4, f ' A Vs 144 4 . ,ff. N, ' T - ' Q 7 V Wh ' X

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The QM's kepT The ship on The road noT only on The 7000 mile journey over To Sou.TheasT Asia and back buT also along The coasTs of VieT Nam, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and The Philip- pines. They manned The helm during The ReplenishmenT deTails when The TOLOVANA was ofTen closely sandwiched by Two ships and a wrong Turn would have been disasTrous. VViTh The help of The RM's, The OM's kepT The Command in The know abouT currenT weaTher condiTions. They navigaTed using every means from Loran To shooTing The sTars. The Posfal Clerks became parT of The OPS Division during The cruise and Their iob was mosT im- porTanT. They helped mainTain The high morale of The crew by providing Those mosT welcome leTTers from home. In addiTion The PC's were responsible for carrying The mail To The fleeT. They operaTed The ship's posT office selling sTamps and money orders.and carrying on oTher posTal funcTions. There is never a happier sound aT sea Than Mail Call. The OPS DeparTmenT had a busy and successful cruise. Those personnel in ThaT deparTmenT worked hard and well, and They will conTinue To do so on The MighTy LEFT: We'll know where we 'Q ' W are' in iusT a minufe CapTain. 4 g 0 9 BELOW: He seems To be Trying To Tell us somefhing CapTain in i' s- 4 Q .,,,,,4 . M--V -V Q.. I sz u . l 'T Kd sy' E D ., L T , 5 ae- Afzfiic f - R-N 1 9 - . QW' ln. L , ' ,sf'q, 'Q .vi ,- 1 Tx V lnjrl 'll' if l.ll LEFT: Yes sir. I've found The Trouble - l wiTh The radio and l'm iusT abouT ready -H-,,.a vf Q To iT.