Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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OI Umm First row: Knightg Ragang Moensterg Treat. Second row: Milligang Gunterg Outlawg Simrnonsg Taylor. A 2 , 1 r First row: Tayiorg Simeoneg Ordingg Payton. Second row: Hornerg Burtchellg Hal13Scesny3 Ray

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1 3 Fox division includes-in its ranks the following rates: Gunners Mates, Torpedomen, Sonarrnen, and Fire Con- trol technicians. Thus, the men of Fox division make up the nucleus of our surface and anti-aircraft gunnery teams. The fire control technicians control the complex solution of the fire control problem and feed the required orders to the mounts. The excellence of this team is attested to by the new E's which adorn Mounts 51 and 53. VESOLE's outstanding ASW team is composed of the Sonarrnen and T 0 r p e do rn e n supplemented by th e men manning the I-UH mounts plus the bridge and combat. The pride of this team is, of c our s e , the time we picked up sonar and radar contact on a sub at the phenomenal range of five miles. We carried out five to ten attacks before another ship was on the scene. 4. 0 performance. X W' x 'ZZ wx.-i....,,-M ,5 ??'?'saw ' I ' zniaflzul' First row: Looneyg Stone. Second row: Coyleg Ens. Floyd. First row: Kosenai R0b91't5 Second row: Jonesg Mlndok. Roebkeg Fittsg Taylorg Cureton.

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I The men of the operations intelligence division are Vitally concerned with the veryreason for VESOLE's existence. These men man and maintain the compli- cated radar gear that allows us to fulfill our mission of early detection and evaluation of threatening enemy air and surface raids. As well, CIC is invaluable in its assistance to the OOD during tight maneuvering situa- tions. During ASW, CIC assists the conning officer and Sonar plot to evaluate the actions of the subsurface elflemy. Their proficiency was the watchword of the pickets in the Sixth Fleet. The electronics technicians did an outstanding job of .keeping our vital electronics gear in action at the critical times. Without their devotion to getting the job dope we might not have amassed sucha favorable reput- ation for reliability with the Sixth Fleet. m First row: Filkinsg Killamg Curlg Boone. Second row: MacRaeg Spellmang McCarleyg Dorang Lucas. WX