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HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF5000. Part V. TYPE ORGANIZATIONS
The following chapters discuss the organizations of a combat information center for specific classes or types of ships. For uniformity the material will be considered in its relation to parts I through IV. Where details are discussed in earlier sections they will be referred to only in the manner (if any) in which they differ from the general details of the earlier sections. Definitions will conform to part I. Each type organization will be discussed under the following headings:
Introduction:
Basic functions of the command on the type of ship being considered:
Functions, duties, and responsibilities of CIC.General functions with reference to parts II, III, and IV of RAD SIX.
Communications of CIC:
Special duties and responsibilities in type of ship being considered, which are not covered by earlier sections.
Administrative organization of CIC, (Pending decision).
Diagram of CIC (and auxiliary CIC, where applicable) (Showing equipment, design, and stations of personnel involved).Diagram of S/P communications and other intraship communications (MCs, voice tubes, etc.)
Operational organization of CIC:
Equipment used for intership radio communications.Diagram of battle bills and condition watches.
Detailed duties.The watch bills are necessarily presented as a composite of the types and are furnished only as a guide.
Communication diagrams show circuit outlets, authorized for the CIC of the type.
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- The CIC in an Amphibious Command Headquarters Ship (AGC).
- The AGC type of ship has been designed for serving as the flagship of the amphibious force commander. An amphibious operation may involve hundreds of ships and landing craft of all types. The elements of a typical amphibious force are shown in the accompanying diagram (fig. 1).
- Functions, duties, and responsibilities of CIC.
- The combat information center in an AGC shall be organized to perform the general functions listed in parts II, III, and IV of this publication.
- Essentially the duties and responsibilities of CIC in an AGC are similar to those of any other ship. However, all data must be evaluated and processed in terms of the whole force in addition to data in terms of the single ship because of the presence of a flag aboard. It frequently is the responsibility of CIC on an AGC to coordinate the functioning of other CICs in the force. Aboard an AGC, the personnel in joint operations room, flag plot, and the staff duty officer rely on CIC for much information.
- Administrative organization of CIC. (Pending decision.)
- Diagram of CIC (fig. 2).
- Communications in CIC.
- Diagram of sound power and other intraship communications (table 1). The purpose of the accompanying diagram is to show those circuits which, are commonly used by each individual, not the number available.
TABLE 1.--AGC--Communication Diagram
JA 1,2,
3,4,
6,
JFJL
JC1JP 1JS 21JS 22JS 23JS 24JS 81JS 1JV 1,
4JWJX 49JY X6J 21, 22,
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UHFEvaluator CIC officer Fighter director Assistant fighter director Radar control officer Geographic plot officer Assistant geographic plotter Geographic recorder Summary plotters Intercept plotters DR plotter Surface plotter Assistant surface plotter Surface status board keeper Air status board keeper Gunnery liaison officer Radar supervisor SG operator and stand-by SK operator and stand-by SP operator and stand-bys Precision PPI operator Radio recorders1 JA talker JL talker JF talker Flag liaison officer 1. Additional radio recorders supplied as the occasion demands.
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ELEMENTS OF A TYPICAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCE Figure 1.
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Figure 2.--CIC--AGC.
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CIC--AGC
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CIC officer.
Fighter director.
Assistant fighter director.
Radar control officer.
Geographic plot officer.
Assistant geographic plotter.
Geographic recorder.
Summary plotters.
Intercept plotters.
DR plotters.
Surface plotter.
Assistant surface plotter.
Surface status board keeper.
Air status board keeper.
Gunnery liaison officer.
Radar supervisor.
SG operator and standby.
SK operator and standby.
SP operators and standbys.
Precision PPI operator.
Radio recorders.
JA talker.
JL talker.C.
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J.Radiophone unit and speaker amplifier.
Wind direction and velocity indicator.
Speaker.
Radiophone selector switch
Sound-powered selector switch
Sound-powered handset
Radiophone handset.
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- Equipment used for intership radio communications. The allowance of radio equipment changes often, and the installation at times varies from the allowance. A specific list of radio equipment would therefore be misleading. The VHF channels available will indicate in a general manner the extent and type of radio equipment provided. Remote radio phone units and speaker amplifiers provide CIC with a flexible means for transmitting and receiving on multitudinous channels.
Equipment Frequency Examples of use 2 remote control transmitters and speakers. VHF Maneuvering and emergency warning. 4 transmitters and receivers. VHF Fighter net, inter-CIC and support aircraft direction. 4 10-channel transmitters with 2 10-channel receivers. VHF Aircraft control force (group) CIC circuit. 2 radio telephone units (R, P, U.) (transmit and receive). VHF, HF Fighter net, CIC circuit and local air warning. 3 radio receivers. HF, VHF General purpose.
- Operational organization of CIC. Officers and men having their battle stations in CIC or assigned as watch officers should be carefully trained at a CIC training center.
- Diagram of battle bill and condition watches (table 2).
- Duties and Stations of CIC Personnel.
- Evaluator:
- The evaluator should be an experienced officer charged with the general responsibility for operation of the CIC at general quarters. This normally requires that the executive officer or navigator act as evaluator and have the CIC as his battle station.
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TABLE 2.--AGC-CIC Watch Bill
Station Condition I Condition I A Officers Men Officers Men Officers Men Evaluator 1 1 CIC officer 1 1 Fighter director 1 1 Assistant fighter director 1 1 Radar control officer 1 1 1 Geographic plot officer 1 1 1 Assistant geographic plotter 1 Geographic recorder 1 Summary plotters 3 3 3 Intercept plotters 2 1 1 DR plotter 1 1 1 Surface plotter 1 1 1 Assistant surface plotter 1 Surface status board keeper 1 1 1 Air status board keeper 1 1 1 Gunnery liaison officer1 1 1 1 Radar supervisor 1 SG operator and standby2 2 2 2 SK operator and standby 2 2 2 SP operators and standbys 4 4 4 Precision PPI operator 1 1 1 Radio recorders3 3 3 3 JA talker 1 1 1 JL talker 1 1 1 JF talker (if flag embarked) 1 1 1 Flag liaison officer (if flag embarked) 1 1 1
Station Condition II and III Officers Men CIC watch officer 1 Radar control officer 1 Geographic plotter 1 Surface plotter 1 Summary plotters 2 Intercept plotter 1 SG operator and standby2 2 SK operator and standby 2 SP operator and standby 4 JA talker 1
1 Officers supplied by other divisions if necessary.
2 Omit in those vessels with SG indicators installed outside of CIC. Target designation switchboard manned by one of the talkers.
3 Additional radio recorders supplied as the occasion demands. During condition III, duties of personnel should be combined as complement requires.
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- The evaluator's station should have a selector switch to the principal sound power circuits with call-up buttons to local air (joint ops), staff watch officer's shelter, pilot house, intelligence office, joint operations control, and war command room.
- CIC officer:
- The CIC officer should be an experienced officer, qualified in all phases of CIC work. He is responsible for the training and administration of the combat information center. He should be qualified to take over the evaluator's position at general quarters when that officer is required elsewhere.
- The CIC officer's station should have a selector switch to the same sound power circuits as the evaluator. In addition, his station should have a voice radio selector switch connected with the principal transceivers and transmitters. The MC circuits and ship's service telephone should be convenient for his use.
- The CIC officer normally should not stand condition watches but will be on call at any time.
- Fighter director officer:
- The fighter director will be directed by the evaluator or CIC officer to take over the responsibility for interception of a specific raid threatening our forces. He should alternate with the CIC officer during extended general quarters (Condition I A) and act as evaluator during the absence of both the CIC officer and the evaluator.
- The fighter director station should have a voice distribution system utilizing all VHF channels used for aircraft control and inter-CIC reporting.
- The fighter director normally should not stand condition watches but will be on call at any time in event enemy aircraft threaten our forces.
- Assistant fighter director officer:
- The assistant fighter director should be an officer qualified to conduct the interception of enemy aircraft. He should supervise the intercept plot and handle visual fighter direction if the necessity arises.
- Summary plotters and the radar control officer:
- The summary plotters will man the vertical plotting board. The men will plot radar, radio, and lookout information on the back of the transparent plot, and the radar control officer may filter this information when necessary. The radar control officer should see that all air information is available and assist the evaluator.
- Sound-powered radar circuits are available to the summary plotters. The radar control officer should have a radio phone selector switch and the necessary sound powered outlets available.
- Geographic plotters:
- The geographic plot officer is a CIC watch officer who supervises the plotting on the DRT and the surface plot as well as the solution of surface tactical problems. He should see
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that all information is readily available and assist the evaluator in every way possible. An enlisted man assists him.
- Gunnery liaison officer:
- The gunnery liaison officer should be an officer from the gunnery department who should stand watch in CIC at general quarters. He should be responsible for passing to gunnery control all information required. The lookout talker may assist the gunnery liaison officer.
- The gunnery liaison officer's station should include sound-powered telephone selector switch with radar, gunnery, and command circuits.
- Surface plotter:
- The surface plotter may be an enlisted man who keeps the surface plot up-to-date under the direction of the geographic plot officer.
- Intercept plotters and DR plotters:
- The intercept plotters should be enlisted men who will plot the track of enemy raids and DR plotters should dead reckon friendly fighters sent to intercept. The are under the supervision of the assistant fighter director.
- Status board keepers:
- The status board keepers will be enlisted men who will handle the surface and air status boards respectively. The geographic plot officer should supervise recording on the surface status boards and the assistant fighter director should supervise the keeping of the air status boards.
- The surface status board keeper should have the low angle search radar circuits available. The air status board keeper should have an outlet from the VHF equipment used for the fighter net.
- Lookout talker:
- The lookout talker should man the JL (or JC) sound power circuit and relay lookout and gunnery reports to CIC. He may plot air and surface contacts on the summary plot.
- Radar operators:
- The two radar operators are desirable at each radar during general quarters permitting continuous operation with one man on the set for 30 minutes and then resting 30 minutes while the other takes over. During condition watches the radar operators should rotate duty with the enlisted talkers and plotters.
- During condition II and III watches there should be two officers stationed in the CIC. The CIC watch officer in charge should act as evaluator and coordinate the functions of the CIC. The assistant CIC watch officer will aid him in all respects, act as radar control officer when necessary, supervise plotting, and provide the solution of tactical problems.
- Joint operations room.
A thorough knowledge of facilities and operation of the joint operations room is necessary for CIC personnel, if they are to be of maximum value.
- This room is usually located on the main deck, amidships, forward of the ship's wardroom and just aft of the CIC. Here the staff officers of the Army (Marines), Navy and air forces of either service coordinate the employment.
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in detail of the forces participating and maintain and evaluate the complete picture of the battle situation.
- The CIC in a Relief Headquarters Command Ship (RAGC).
- A RAGC is a vessel designed for serving as the relief flagship of the amphibious force commander. It will usually be an APA with modifications to accommodate a flag.
- Functions, duties and responsibilities of CIC.
- The general functions of CIC are the same as those listed in parts II, III, and IV of this publication.
- The duties and responsibilities of CIC on a RAGC are similar to those of any other ship. When a flag is aboard, the work in CIC should be closely coordinated with the work of the staff which will depend upon CIC for much information.
- Administrative organization of CIC. (Pending decision.)
- Diagram of CIC (omitted).
- Communications in CIC.
- Diagram of sound power and other intraship communications (omitted).
- Equipment used for intership communications in or adjacent to CIC. The allowance of radio equipment changes often, and the installation at times varies from the allowance. A specific list of radio equipment would therefore be misleading. The VHF channels available will indicate in a general manner the extent and type of radio equipment provided. Remote radio phone units and speaker amplifiers provide CIC with a flexible means for transmitting and receiving on multitudinous channels.
Equipment Frequency Examples of use 2 remote control transmitters and speakers. VHF Maneuvering and emergency warning. 2 transmitters and receivers, VHF Inter-CIC and aircraft control. 1 10-channel transmitter with 2 10-channel receivers. VHF Aircraft control, force (group) CIC circuit. 2 radio telephone units (RPU) (transmit and receive). HF Aircraft control, secondary CIC circuit and local air warning. 3 radio receivers. HF, VHF General purpose.
- Operational organization of CIC.
- Battle bill and condition watches (table 3).
- Duties and stations of CIC personnel: Similar to those of personnel on a AGC (see par. 5152).
- During condition II and III watches there should be one officer stationed in CIC who should act as evaluator and coordinate the functions of CIC He will supervise the work of the enlisted men on watch.
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TABLE 3.--RAGC-CIC Watch Bill
Station Condition I Condition I A Officers Men Officers Men Officers Men Evaluator 1 1 CIC officer 1 1 Fighter director 1 1 Assistant fighter director 1 1 Radar control officer 1 1 1 Geographic plotter 1 1 1 Geographic recorder 1 Summary plotters 3 2 2 Intercept plotters 2 1 1 DR plotter 1 1 1 Surface plotter 1 Status board keeper 1 Gunnery liaison officer1 1 1 1 SG operator and standby 2 1 1 SK operator and standby 2 1 1 Radio recorders2 3 2 2 JA talker 1 1 1 JL talker 1 1 1 JF talker (if flag embarked) 1 1 1 Flag liaison officer (if flag embarked) 1 1 1
Station Condition II and III Officers Men CIC watch officer 1 Geographic plotter 1 Summary plotters 2 Intercept plotter 1 SG operator and standby 1 SK operator and standby 1 JA talker 1 JL talker 1
1 Officers supplied by other divisions if necessary.
2 Additional radio recorders supplied as the occasion demands. During condition III, duties of personnel should be combined as complement requires. Target designation switchboard manned by one of the talkers.
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- The CIC in an Attack Transport, Attack Cargo Ship and Destroyer Transport (APA, AKA, APD).
- These vessels are designed as troop transports and cargo ships to be used during amphibious operations.
- Functions, duties, and responsibilities of CIC.
- The combat information centers on an APA, AKA, or APD should be organized to perform the functions listed in parts II, III, and IV of this publication.
- Special duties and responsibilities:
- Essentially the duties and responsibilities of CIC on these vessels are similar to those of any other type of ship. If the vessel acts as a group or division flagship the staff will rely on CIC for much information, and the work in CIC should be closely coordinated with that of the staff.
- Boat wave tracking:
The function of boat wave tracking is performed by these types of vessels. In an amphibious operation the waves of assault boats must be carefully tracked by the parent ship and all interested stations kept informed of their progress toward the beach. It is possible to obtain from a good plot:
- Course of boats to the beach or line of departure; whether they will reach the correct location.
- Speed of waves; whether they will arrive at destination on time.
- Position of marker, control, and support vessels.
- The administrative organization of CIC. (Pending decision.)
- Diagram of CIC (fig. 3).
- Communications of CIC.
- Diagram of sound power and other intraship communications (table 4).
TABLE 4.--APA, AKA--Communication Diagram
JA1 JL1 1, 2JP 21JS 22JS 51JS2 1JV 1JW JX X6J 21MC VHF
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HFEvaluator CIC officer Geographic plotter Air plotter Surface (or summary) plotters Air search radar operator Surface search radar operator Radio recorder/operator JA talker JL talker1 1 Combined on some vessels, in which event No. JL talker necessary.
2 IF radio direction finder fitted.
- Equipment used for intership radio communications. The allowance of radio equipment changes often, and the installation at times varies from the allowance. A specific list of radio equipment would therefore be misleading. The VHF channels available will indicate in a general manner the extent and type of radio equipment provided. Remote radio phone units and speaker
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Figure 3. CIC--AKA, APA, APD
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amplifiers provide CIC with a flexible means for transmitting and receiving on multitudinous channels.
Equipment Frequency Examples of use APA AKA APD Remote control transmitter and speaker. VHF Maneuvering and emergency warning. 1 1 1 Remote control transmitter and speaker. VHF Aircraft control. 1 1 1 10-channel transmitters with 2 10-channel receivers. VHF Boat wave control. 1 1 1 Radio receiver. HF General. 1 1 1
- Operational organization of CIC.
- Battle bill and condition watches (TABLE 5).
- Duties and stations of CIC personnel similar to those on AGC and RAGC.
TABLE 5.--APA-AKA-APD: Watch Bill
Station Condition I Condition I A Officers Men Officers Men Officers Men Evaluator 1 1 CIC officer 1 1 Geographic plotter 1 1 1 Geographic recorder 1 Air plotter 1 1 1 Surface (or summary) plotters 2 1 1 Air search radar operator 1 1 1 Surface search radar operator 1 1 1 Radio recorder/operator1 1 JA talker 1 JL talker 1 1 1
Station Condition II and III Officers Men CIC watch officer 1 Geographic plotter 1 Air plotter 1 Surface search radar operator 1 Air search radar operator 1 1 Additional radio recorders supplied as the occasion demands. During Condition III, duties of personnel should be combined as complement requires.
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- The CIC on a Battleship and Cruiser (BB, CB, CA, CL).
- The functions of battleships and cruisers are essentially similar. Their main batteries of heavy, long-range guns are their chief reasons for being. These types of ships will be used mainly in surface actions and bombardments. They have also proved useful as an antiaircraft screen for carrier units.
- Functions, duties, and responsibilities of CIC. The CIC is an agency for the collections of combat and tactical information by every possible means. Collected information is plotted, recorded, kept on file to facilitate its evaluation and dissemination to interested stations. Parts II, III, and IV of this publication deal with these general functions of CIC in detail.
- Special duties and responsibilities:
The following functions will be performed by CIC. The order of importance is dependent upon the tactical situation.
- Air search and warning.
- Surface search and warning.
- Recognition and identification.
- Target indication.
- Tracking.
- Plotting.
- Navigation.
- Control of aircraft.
- Administrative organization of CIC. (Pending decision.)
- Communications in CIC. The sound power phones are CIC's primary system of interior communication. Outlets for a large number of circuits have been placed in CIC. To give flexibility to this system, many of the circuits have outlets through one of two types of switches--the selector switch or a panel of toggle switches. The advantage of each is also its disadvantage. With a panel of toggle switches, circuits can be crossed. This is sometimes desirable. It leads, however, to unintentional crossing, which may seriously impede communications. Selector switches permit being on only one circuit at a time. The single, double, or quadruple sound-powered jack-box outlets are also installed in CIC. Many circuits have outlets in CIC which are seldom used. These have been installed for the unusual situations. CIC's today have most of the sound-powered outlets in CIC wired through panel of 10 or 20 toggle switches.This means that a majority of the circuits leading to CIC are available to a large number of the personnel in CIC. Operationally this is misleading, because with a few exceptions each person in CIC has only one or a very limited number of circuits which he uses. The purposes of the accompanying diagram are not to show circuits which are AVAILABLE to each person but circuits which are COMMONLY USED by each individual.
- Diagram of S/P Communications and other intraship communications. (See table 6.)
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FIGURE 4.--CIC-CLSee legend on page 61.
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CIC--CL PERSONNEL LEGEND EQUIPMENT LEGEND 1.
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27.Evaluator.
CIC officer.
Fighter director.
DR plotter.
Intercept plotter.
Geographic plot officer.
Geographic plotter.
Geographic recorder.
Air plotter.
Assistant air plotter.
Surface plot officer.
Surface plotter.
Surface status board keeper.
Air status board keeper.
MB gunnery liaison officer.
AA gunnery liaison officer.
Radar supervisor.
Surface search operation and standby.
Air search radar and standby.
SP operators.
Precision PPI operator.
Communication officer.
Radio recorder/operator.
JS talker.
JA talker.
JL talker.
JW talker.C.
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M.Radiophone unit and speaker amplifier.
Wind direction and velocity indicator.
Pitometer.
Speaker.
Radiophone selector switch.
Sound powered selector switch.
Remote range and bearing indicator.BB, CA, CB, CL--AUXILIARY CIC AND CHART HOUSE PERSONNEL LEGEND EQUIPMENT LEGEND 1.
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Geographic plotter.
Assistant geographic plotter.
Geographic recorder.
Surface plotter.
Assistant surface plotter.
SG radar operator.
Standby SG operator.
VF operator.
Radio recorder.1
JA talker.
JL talker.
JC talker and status board keeper.
5JP talker.
JS talker.C.
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J.Radiophone unit and speaker. Amplifier.
Sound powered selector switch.
Sound powered handset.
Radiotelephone handset.
1 Mans JX circuit if necessary.
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FIGURE 5.--Auxiliary CICSee legend on page 61.
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FIGURE 6.--CHART HOUSE
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FIGURE 7.--FLAG PLOT
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BB, CB, CA, CL--FLAG PLOT PERSONNEL LEGEND EQUIPMENT LEGEND 1.
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11.Geographic plotter.
Assistant geographic plotter.
Geographic recorder.
Surface (or summary) plotter.
Assistant surface (or summary) plotter.
Status board keeper.
Surface search radar operator.
Standby surface search radar operator.
Precision PPI operator.
JF talker.
JS talker.C.
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L.Radiophone unit and speaker amplifier.
Wind direction and velocity indicator.
Pitometer.
Sound-powered selector switch.
Sound-powered handset.
Remote bearing indicator.
Remote range indicator.
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TABLE 6--BB, CB, CA, CL-Communication Diagram 1 BB only.
JA 1,
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JBJC JF JL 1,
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JS21
JS22
JS23
JS24
JS25
JS31
JS,
32
JS41
JS,
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JS81
JS1,
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8,1
JWJX 49
JY
(4)2JZ XJA X1JV X1JW
X2JW,
X5JW,
X6JW,
X7JW,1 X8JW1XJX X6J 20,
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HFEvaluator CIC officer Fighter director Intercept plotter DR plotter Geographic plot officer Assistant geographic plotter Geographic recorder Air plotter Assistant air plotter Surface (or summary) plotter Assistant surface (or summary) plotter Surface status board keeper Air status board keeper MB gunnery liaison officer1 AA battery gunner liaison officer1 Radar supervisor SG operator and stand-by SK operator and stand-by SP operators and stand-bys Precision PPI operator Radar switchboard operator Communications officer1 Radio recorders/operators JS talker JA talker JL talker JV talker JW talker JF talker (if flag embarked) Flag liaison officer (if flag embarked)
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- Equipment used for intership radio communications. The allowance of radio equipment changes often, and the installation at times varies from the allowance. A specific list of radio equipment therefore would be misleading. The VHF channels available will indicate in a general manner the extent and type of radio equipment provided. Remote Radio Phone units and speaker amplifiers provide CIC with a flexible means for transmitting and receiving multitudinous channels.
1 (3 for BB, 2 for CA, CL)
Radio Frequency Examples of use 2 remote control transmitter-receiver units. VHF Primary warning and maneuvering. 2 transmitter and receiver units. VHF Aircraft control, Inter CIC circuit. 3 10-channel transmitter-receiver sets.1 VHF Aircraft control, Force (Group) CIC circuit. 4 radio telephone units (R/P.U.) transmit and receive. VHF, HF Aircraft control, CIC circuit and local air warning, spotting circuit. 3 radio receivers. VHF, HF General purpose.
- Operational organization of CIC. The standard organization of battleship and cruiser CIC's should provide for manning stations at general quarters and during condition watches. Due to currently existing differences in the arrangements of CIC equipment in ships of the fleet even of the same type, variations from the standard bill may be found.
TABLE 7.--BB, CB, CA, CL--Watch Bill 1 BB only.
Station Condition I Officers Men Evaluator 1 CIC officer 1 Fighter director 1 Intercept plotter 1 D.R. plotter 1 Geographic plot officer 1 Assistant geographic plotter 1 Geographic recorder 1 Air plotter 1 Assistant air plotter 1 Surface (or summary) plotter 1 Assistant surface (or summary) plotter 1 Surface status board keeper 1 Air status board keeper 1 MB gunnery liaison officer3 1 AA battery gunnery liaison officer3 1 Radar supervisor 1 S.G. operator and standby2 2 SK operator and standby 2 SP operators and standbys 4 Precision PPI operator 1 Radar switchboard operator4 1 Communications officer3 1 Radio recorders/operators5 2 JS talker 1 JA talker 1 JL talker 1 JV talker 1 JW talker 1 JF talker (if flag embarked) 1 Flag liaison officer (if flag embarked) 1 Condition II and III Officers Men CIC watch officer 1 CIC watch officer 1 Geographic plotter 1 Geographic recorder 11 Surface (or summary) plotter 1 Assistant surface (or summary) plotter 11 Air plotter 1 Assistant air plotter 11 SG operator and standby2 2 SK operator and standby 2 SP operator and standby 4 Precision PPI operator 1 Radar switchboard operator4 1 Radio recorder5 11 JS talker 1 JL talker 1 2 Omit in those vessels with SG indicators installed only in Auxiliary CIC. Target designation switchboard manned by one of the talkers.
3 Officers supplied by other divisions if necessary.
4 Usually located outside of CIC.
5 Additional radio recorders supplied as the occasion demands. During condition III, duties of personnel should be combined as complement requires.
TABLE 8.--BB, CB, CA, CL: Auxiliary CIC (Chart House) Watch Bill Auxiliary CIC will not normally be manned during condition III except, in those vessels where the SP radar has replaced 1 of the 2 authorized SGs and the indicator of the remaining SG is located in auxiliary CIC.
Station Condition I Officers Men OinC auxiliary CIC 1 Geographic plotter 1 Assistant geographic plotter 1 Geographic recorder 1 Surface plotter 1 Assistant surface plotter 1 SG radar operator 1 Stand-by SG radar operator 1 VF operator 1 Radio recorder 1 JA talker 1 JL talker 1 JC talker and status board keeper 1 5JP Talker 1 JS Talker 1 Condition II and III Officers Men Surface plotter 1 SG radar operator 1 Stand-by SG radar operator 1 JS talker 1
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TABLE 9.--BB, CB, CA, CL: Flag Plot Watch Bill 1 Officers as assigned by Flag.
Station Condition I Officers1 Men Geographic plotter 1 Assistant geographic plotter 1 Geographic recorder 1 Surface (or summary) plotter 1 Assistant surface (or summary) plotter 1 Status board keeper 1 Surface search radar operator 1 Stand-by surface search radar operator 1 Precision PPI operator 1 JF talker 1 JS talker 1 Conditions II & III Officers1 Men Surface (or summary) plotter 1 Surface search radar operator 1 Stand-by surface search radar operator 1 JF talker 1 JS talker 1
- Detailed duties.
- Evaluator:
- Require that immediate reports be made to him of pertinent information received from all sources, including radar, radio, internal communications systems, lookouts, and visual signals.
- Require that CIC personnel coordinate their efforts to display and filter this information.
- Furnish timely, properly evaluated, accurate information to the command and control stations, and be prepared to recommend a course of action based on evaluated information.
- Consult directly with command via sound-power hand sets, MC circuits, or voice tubes.
- Be thoroughly familiar with the capabilities and limitations of all radar and RCM equipment.
- Assist command in conning the ship with regard to avoiding collision or grounding.
- CIC officer:
- Be thoroughly familiar with the duties and responsibilities of the evaluator, and be prepared to assume these duties in the absence of the evaluator.
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- Maintain a check on operating methods to insure maximum effective search consistent with the prescribed condition of radar silence.
- Keep operators informed of expected sectors of contact with friendly or enemy units.
- Receive and correlate information from lookouts, radio and flag signals.
- Check on radar contacts reported as side lobes, ionized clouds, land, double echoes, interference, and countermeasures.
- Insure that main and secondary battery fire control radars, directors, and automatic weapons are coached on to designated targets.
- Insure that all personnel concerned are informed of the designations give to the various raids.
- Insure rapid dissemination of information to control stations.
- Select surface contacts to be tracked, with particular attention to those nearest or most dangerous.
- Keep command and the control stations informed of the progress of interception problems.
- Assist the navigator when operating near land by selecting suitable landmarks for radar fixes.
- Assist the evaluator in the performance of control functions delegated to CIC.
- Utilize the VF (precision PPI) for analyzing radar contacts.
- Be ready to render assistance in furnishing maneuvering and tactical data.
- Fighter director:
- Protect his ship or force against air attacks by effective use of the fighters assigned to his control.
- Control communications with combat air patrol, and if necessary, the inter FD channel with force (group) CIC officer and ship's CIC officer of other units.
- Control the operation of the air search radar.
- Be prepared to direct planes engaged in antisubmarine patrol, and perform that function when ordered.
- Know the responsibilities of force (group, unit) and ship C.I.C. as laid down in USF 10.
- When not handling fighter direction, coordinate air plotting and the dissemination of air information as directed by the evaluator.
- Intercept plotter:
- Maintain close communications with the air search radar.
- Plot contacts with neatness, accuracy, and speed, in accordance with standard plotting procedure.
- Enter amplifying information along track of target.
- Keep plotting board clear of unnecessary detail.
- Supervise other air plotters.
- Record number of friendly planes in the air with their search sectors.
- DR plotter:
- Keep a DR plot of own fighters.
- Wear headset connected to fighter net channel.
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- Know thoroughly the technique of DR as prescribed in the Air Plotting Manual. (RADFOUR)
- Geographic plotter:
- Maintain a continuous plot on the DRT of own and enemy ships to determine their course and speed and any changes therein.
- Check scale setting of DRT frequently.
- Supply bearings and ranges course and speed for initial rangekeeper solution to gunnery liaison officer if requested.
- Provide ranges and time interval to initial firing point when requested.
- Correct DRT bug during bombardment for set and drift determined by navigational fixes.
- Keep the evaluator informed of all important data.
- Assistant geographic plotter:
- Works with the geographic plotter as a teammate to speed the plotting.
- Label plots, determine courses and speeds, etc.
- May be designated to operate the teleplotter. However, an additional man may be necessary for this.
- Air plotter:
- Plot all air contacts with proper labels including raid designations, courses and speeds, composition, angels, etc.
- Provide such information as possible of sun, force and direction of wind, etc.
- Keep a plot of the tactical air situation, including sector of probable enemy approach, bearing and distance of own and enemy bases, and own planes in the air.
- Keep the evaluator and AA gunnery liaison officer informed of all important data or change occurring in the plot.
- Check with surface search radar for spotting low flying aircraft.
- Assistant air plotter:
The assistant air plotter should assist the air plotter in maintaining a continuous plot of all air targets reported by the air search radar, lookouts, or radio.- The surface (or summary) plotter:
It is often desirable that he be an officer. He will be the surface plotter if a surface plot display is being kept on the plotting board he is manning, (i.e. all surface and air units, friendly and enemy). He should:
- Keep a continuous track of all surface contacts (or all surface and air contacts), to keep the cognizant personnel in CIC informed of the identity of any surface radar contact (if summary plotter, any surface or air contact) in question.
- Aid the gunnery liaison officers in preventing the fire of own ship from endangering friendly ships.
- Maintain a relative plot of own disposition.
- Indicate location and disposition of friendly ships, pickets, and stragglers.
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- Maintain maneuvering board plot of own ship's course and speed, and be prepared to furnish tactical data.
- Provide ranges and bearings of sound contacts by escorts, in relation to self and to fleet center.
- Plot such data as rain clouds, land, wind speed, and direction.
- Plot reports from radar operators and lookouts.
- Coordinate lookout information, radio information, and radar information for identification and composition.
- Assistant surface (or summary) plotter:
- Assists the surface (or summary) plotter in the execution of his duties as outlined above.
- Recorders--geographic: surface (or summary). The geographic and surface (or summary) recorders should keep an accurate record of radar ranges and bearings. use of VG (projection PPI) with tracking paper may obviate the necessity of having recorders. If proper plotting procedure is used, the tracing paper on the VG will preserve the record. This together with equipment for photographing the PPI will aid in keeping a record of the action.
Tracing paper on the DRT may give sufficient information to reconstruct an action; however, the geographic plotter is often in need of a reference if he misses a range or bearing. If the raid time, bearing and radar range data is presented conveniently for all concerned on the surface status board, it will not be necessary to have a surface recorder as such. When this, due to the physical limitations of CIC's, is not applicable, it is necessary to provide a recorder for either the geographic plotter or both geographic plotter and surface (or summary) plotter.
- Surface status board keeper. The surface status board keeper should be under the supervision of either the surface (summary) plot officer or the geographic plot officer. He should:
- Maintain an up-to-date record of the tactical data on the board.
- Record data on surface raids, if board is designed to include such data.
- Air status board keeper. The air status board keeper should be under the supervision of the fighter director officer. He should:
- Maintain an up-to-date record of all intercept information.
- Keep posted such information as condition of weather, clouds, states of sea, time of sun and moon rise and set, current, drift, force of wind, etc.
- Record information on physical condition of fighter planes, ranges and bearings of enemy planes and force, losses, status of own carriers and patrols.
- M.B. (main battery) gunnery liaison officer. M.B. gunnery liaison officer shall by observation of the surface search radars, the geographic plot, the VF, the surface or summary plot:
- Keep the evaluator and gun control stations informed of the surface gunnery situation.
- Analyze all contacts by checking IFF indications, lookouts reports, and the known location of own ships and land masses.
- Inform the AA liaison officer of any air targets appearing on surface radar scope.
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- Check CIC's computation of courses and speeds of targets being tracked against M.B. plot computer-solution.
- Coach directors on target as ordered.
- Check director train and range indicators to insure they are on designated targets.
- Warn evaluator and gun control stations when own ships are in danger of own firing.
- During shore bombardment (indirect fire), give advanced range, bearing, and elevation of the target.
- Antiaircraft (secondary battery) gunnery liaison officer.
- Keep the evaluator and air defense officer informed of the developments in the air situation.
- Make every effort to determine the character of contacts by checking for IFF, approach bearings, altitudes, course, speed, identification by lookouts, and location of own air patrols.
- Coach AA fire control directors on to designated targets employing target designators or the appropriate telephone circuits.
- Insure that directors are on designated targets by checking target range and bearing indicators located in CIC.
- During low visibility torpedo attacks insure that AA guns do not fire on bearings which endanger other ships of the screen.
- Follow the same procedure for the secondary as MB gunnery liaison officer does for the main battery when the secondary battery is firing on surface targets.
- Surface and air search operators:
- Maintain an alert search on the prescribed range scale, with the antenna rotating at the prescribed rate.
- Report all contacts, amplifying initial reports as additional information becomes available.
- Report all unusual or doubtful indications, and be able to recognize double echoes, side lobes, ionized clouds, second trip echoes, wake signals, interference jamming, window, land echoes, aircraft, and surface craft.
- Check all contacts for IFF, when ordered, and identify the code.
- Know disposition of ships in company.
- Communications officer:
- Supervise the watch on all radio circuits and inform the evaluator of all pertinent incoming messages.
- Encodes and transmits messages as directed by evaluator (e.g., contact and amplifying reports).
- Decodes messages received, notifying personnel concerned.
- Be familiar with and have access to standard tactical instructions and the current operations and communications plans.
- Radio recorders:
- Should be proficient in keeping receivers tuned.
- When desirable, they will be used for recording designated radio circuits which CIC is monitoring. If mechanical recorders are provided, they will operate these.
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