Yorktown (CVA 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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The duty as Communications Watch Officer entails much A 24 hour watch IS maintained over all fleet broadcasts and responsibility, pertinent transmissions. a T d maintenance of LADY'S electronic h . . Inspection an ' IT1- . . 6 Sh1p's teletypes pI'0V1d6 one hnk In the Vast naval CO gear assures proicient communications. munications system 31

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--1--1,1 f i 5 :7E17F5' In Radio I, messages from shore installa- tions are copied. Selling stamps at the post oHice. Communications ofiicer and assistants have discussion in front of patch panels that are used to connect radio equipment into hun- dreds of different combinations. OR DIVISION Front row: Lyle Mackel, Harold Thomas, Joshua Cook, ENS Bill Hurst, LTJG Lawrence Siebers, LCDR Charles McGeorge, LTJG Dain Glad, ENS Lewis Vovakis, James Pittman, Dave Grinberg Second row' Jackie Brown, Kenneth Babb Henry Baier Pat S l W' l , , y er, 1l iam Anderson, Frederick Krotter, Carl Epling, Edward Jacobs, Jim Wirtz, Richard Watson, Eugene Ochoa.

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I . 5 g W 1 i OA D1v1s1oN E 5 fl I 1 D Arlo McRoberts, David Gruner, Gerald Brooks. .ii Compntingiaids are used to help forecast Weather. A Radiosonde is released from i 17 ' the flight deck to send high level E Weather information back to ship. - Front row: Fred Cramer, Donald Consaul, LT Burdett Otis, Donald White, Larry Sperry, William Kent. Second row: James Carr, Francis Ruskey, Rondey Walker, Howard Bridges, A9f010gist at map can't always provide clean weather but has no excuse for decks in that condition.