| The primary
mission of a destroyer is the waging of ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE. For this reason the
HOPEWELL has on board the latest in sonar equipment. These men man the gear which can seek
out a submarine, direct a ship towards the submarine and fire underwater weapons at the
enemy submarine that has been found. Sonarman can be seen performing various tasks about
the ship, but they are most often associated with watch-standing and working in the dark
little room called the shack. For twenty-four hours a day underway the search goes on,
until the word goes to the bridge, SONAR CONTACT-POSSIBLE SUBMARINE, WHAM the ship goes to
1ASW. It is at this time that the ship begins to appreciate the people of the ASW
DIVISION, for it is now that every man's life could depend on that little ping and the
accuracy of the men that man the torpedo mount, the hedgehogs and the depth charge racks. |
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Phillips, SOG2 |
Colbert, SN |
Gilbreath, SOG3 |
Allen, SA |
Holland, TM3 |
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Anderson, SOG2 |
Edwards, TMI |
Franklin, SOG3 |
Snow, SOGSN |
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