USS BUSHNELL (AS-15)
  OPERATION & COMMUNICATION
               DEPARTMENT
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                                                                  Stanley A. Richardson, SM1, is             Ens. C.A. Chapman, Navagation
                                                                  teaching semephore signaling to his        officer of the Bushnell, plots a course
                                                                  strikers.                                                 on the chart.


 

                                                                           Busy at work on the Radio reciever are Charles M. Smith, ET3,
                                                                           and Gerard P. Kurowski, ETSN

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

                                                                 Donald A. Moffat, QM3, handles         Thomas W. Hines, RMSN, is shown
                                                                 the helm, while Don Duffy, ET2,            taking a message from the teletype
                                                                 operates the radar repeater.                   machine.


 

                                                                          Here Ens. A.L. Clark is working with his two Chiefs, J.R. Dobbs,
                                                                          ETC(SS) and A.L. Stwert, RMC, planning the operation
                                                                          schedule.
 
                                                                Eddie Sclaczka, SMSN, sends a            Donald D. Grant, RM3, and John T.
                                                                message to a passing ship.                      Harrison, RM2 are sending messages

 

                                                                            

                                                                              Donald L. Duffy, ET2, is shown with the Loran radio. He is
                                                                              getting  Loran lines for the Navigator.

 

 

                                                                Delbert B. Kennedy, SM3, and            Donnie Moffat, QM3, is working a
                                                                Eddie M. Slacza, raise the signal           sextant while getting a sunline for the
                                                                flags.                                                    Navigator.

 

 THE OPERATIONS STORY
          by ENS. Al Clark

 

To best describe the duties carried out by the Operations Department let us take a look at our recent trip to New York and Norfolk. How do we get there? When will we arrive? Where do we want to pick up pilots and tugs? What radio circuits will be copy? These and many other things concerned with the ship's movement are the primary concern of the Operations Department.
Now it's time to cast off the mooring lines and head out into the stream. As we move down the channel, Ens. C.A. Chapman, USN, the Navigator and Operations Officer is carefully plotting the ships position with the aid of his quartermasters. Several hours prior to our departure, the "movement report message", has been drafted by Ens. A.L. Clark, Communications Officer, and the "Bosses" have been informed of intended movement and communication plans. As we move up along the Florida Coast, the combat information center is buzzing with activity. J.R. Dobbs, ETC, and, his men have carefully checked and peaked the radars and now a constant flow of information is being fed to the OOD. All ships are plotted and their courses and speeds determined.
Night falls and we leave the coast and head seaward. The radio men in Radio Central headed by A.L. Stewart, RMC, inform us that there is bad weather ahead - by morning we are in the midst of rain, wind, and low visibility. The Quartermasters and Radiomen draft and send "weather messages" to the U.S. Weather Bureau to aid them in plotting the storm, the Navigator shifts to his Electronic Navigational aids, the ET's check the radars and we steam on. After several days of routine work, which includes Navigation, routing hundreds of radio messages, checking and repairing Electronic equipment, we arrive off Ambrose light ship and pick up our pilot. We meet our tugs on time and line handlers are waiting on the dock. Our "Bosses" are informed of our arrival and we are ready to go ashore. All these necessary things which seem to "just happen" are all carefully planned and executed by the Operations Department. The next time you receive a message from home containing a birthday greeting, an announcement that you are a proud father or even perhaps a message of sad news remember the "Operations Department" is at your service.

 

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