| Show ITH UNCLE NAVY r in a set series I 1 e a of articles artial n 50 w who h 0 W el apperson EPP ppe ablert front from through oh 5 newsmen ath U V S wa was a an observer the BRACE exercise MAIN for waters near is north orth atlantic jorone le was dispatched this a article artir aboard board the mide bif largest of the navys tily 0 on arriens arri erS following the gy ja tl the first 8 flight operations firing ring of the cruise 1103 beld today 1 I had len been ln in one me turrets on the afa t ifill binch 5 gun tile e sea last fall so did not if observation on this tup trip t 1 ae newsmen with us had of the opportunity and ralph kilgore texas b has as had to go ilos rosebud ebud his ears clear up to idt mcf bay alas 0 out at of a in turret aret just as a it thorine tb orine gun started tiring firing misses were i le acor corded ded in few ew tey being towed by a target aw ju i a pe etue wille standing on the flight jd 10 hiring drIn gAA AA tiring firing dough long edged over to me and g 1 well 1101 hows g morgan I 1 football toot ball against the oj to ro pa eliy ay bivs atoun when I 1 went to south byis we spent about an hour of people we both knew isiaih old hyrum and logan ile he is Cata pault officer of this ali and ad has charge of the mech kiib hach casts the jets off the y 1 had bad met him the first day rd ni when he be took a group of 0 is a on OB a tour of the ship but it was until today that we got tort 1 iler as utahna a D tie the horizon this afternoon have been quite in ged in a cloud of smoke and u si get et nearer dearer we f ind find that its I 1 1 berthalt Ber ole thant ship cutting through a course with firemen apparent pouring on the coal and aid speaking of signalmen sign almen I 1 hied jack G broward oward Dr JOI to die about events in the life ot of i aboard ship keep climbing ladders above te le main deck of any navy ship call antil you smell coffee brewing it if ya t locate the percolated perc olater youre youra c tle hie signal bridge and knost boost ary blue jackets agree that sig ul ml bridge joe Is probably the tei leg brewed tre ired but bin before the idea is convey ri id that sign signalmen almen specialize in culf cuing coffee probably be to learn that they have additional yit lonal duties I 1 blinker blicker semaphore Bema and flag U explains a big easygoing easy going aki W quartermaster aboard this flattop flat top claude 13 gore 1 portsmouth va runs a 22 man I 1 bridge tang ang which is re for visual akas tai between this aral and any other 21 mainly they employ inter gottal code by operating abing a shut searchlight for dots and nick naming this system ahier ile e nag flag hoists comprise varl sired red flags and pennants of the klemat national ional code flags each hay hav t distinct meaning and if I 1 allied several beveral other meanings 14 NI avy aty provides a few addition 4 ind i pennants for messages ot included in the international signals semaphore is the artof ar of waving fradli fr aalI coall ia nags flags in a series of pos 3 around the body the ulti alti ais w result ault to la that each position plated to mean a letter of 4 alphae habet e L it if you passed the 10 scout tenderfoot test you bly Y learned a good deal about itza tp hore arly last night our task force or into abl two groups the dell do e group which included the number two aircraft carss ekr r franklin D roosevelt also u battle carrier cai rier assumed the tole of an enemy foice separated by a distance of miles the two forces have been launching simulated air strikes at each other since am today in wartime the probable victor in this running sea engagement would be the force which observed complete radio silence that means positively no radio communications icat ions and in the place of radio the signalmen sign almen have taken over providing the group ot of ships keep within visual contact of 0 each other communications now flow out on as usual course changes battle decisions and orders are conveyed by hoisting a series of signal flags to the yardarms yar danns darms or sending out a dispatch by morse code blinker second in charge of chief gores signal gang is donald K enloe of austin texas As quartermaster first class enloe keeps the remaining signalmen sign almen who are divided into two watch sections on their toes in that capacity hes called signalman supervisor the remaining 20 men range from second class quartermaster on down to signalman striker the name signalman is a holdover fiam world war 11 II days when lien the rate was effective it has since been combined with the quartermaster who Is mainly noted for navigation journalist Jouin alist broward is a former signalman and is having a field day brushing upon up on his technique tomorrow we enter a new billiet zone and ana have to set our vat ches forward we will wall enter zone 3 or peter time having operated the past week in zoner zone 2 or Qu queens eells time tl alt S e 1 4 I 1 J 94 douglas cata pault officer on thil th bla long former utahn and y explain operation of the device to albert epperson Ep |
