White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gperations Intelligence Division It I Combat Information Center, a hole. Dark. Lit only by status boards and radar scopes. The Ol Division men who work here provide information to assist the Conn in maneuvering the ship well and safely. It is their job to maintain an up-to-the-minute plot on all forces in the area-friendly and unknown, to supply tactical information on these ships-course, speed, closest point of approach, etc-and make recommendations which might help the conning officer keep the ship in one piece. Additionally, CIC uses radio-telephones to keep in contact with other ships. OI Division's Dirty Dozen maintains its own logs, records, charts, and schedules of ships- why and where they are at any time. But the primary mission of these radarmen is tactical information. To stay on their toes and permit the bridge to walk on with the honors. XX A.. B wif ,fi iffy fs' 5 T' 1 I 'I A FIRST ROW-RD2 Lee Herb, RD2 Harry McLean, RD3 Hank Fleischman, LTIC. jake Carver tDivision Officerl, RD3 Paul Moehle. SECOND ROW RD3 Gary Ford, RD2 john Klein, RD2 Riley Hendrickson, RD2 Ken Grajek, RD3 Rick Whalen, RDSN Lindsey Kite, RD3 Terry O'Toole. Q .' If i X in-'