PASS V « SOmAJU OF 0FFRAIIUR3 (CCUT) 
b. El ectronics .. All cl©oironies oquipment functionne satisfactorily. 
Tina spent on repair of outages wa3 not In excoes of tho average roain- 
v <s nance/operation ratio except in the oo3© of the following equipeent: 
(1) AN/SPK.12X * Omega Navigation System, An inordinate secant of 
tiee. both day and nightp vroa spont in synchronising the Omega stations, 
Sach synchronising operation would last about one hour and sometlmea it 
would have to bo done three tii&oa a day* Probably one reason for this 
the maintenance or adjustment of this sophisticated and unique equip- 
(2) AN/FHT-23 - Fndio Transmitter. A crulao requirement to oort- 
nunic&to on a daily echadulo with a oopraercicd station as veil as a Co* rt 
Guard station- together with the ship 1 a operating procedure of using dual 
transmission for RATT made It necessary to shift frequencies on tho AN/f’ftt 
tromnnittors sometimes os often as fifty times In a single day. This 
placed a burden on the mechanical eeraponenta Involved in frequency shift¬ 
ing which, because of the age of tho equipment and the unavailability of 
parts, created a problem of oxcoasivo msintenanoe and a continual threat 
of major failure with resultant loss of ccacsaoicatlonan This condition 
V88 controlled during this cruise but it h«a not been resolved* tong 
octtaiK>grapbio tripe make necesaery an increase* ia tha COSAl spares for 
the AN/P , RT«^23 Transmitter. 
'3) Teletype equiproent functioned well for tho first six to *lgh- 
woe)tc of the cruise* .After that time. constant adjUfltmeea ta became neces¬ 
sary due to normal wear on tine equipment* Outages became frequent end 
Qxcoacivo man hours had to be utilised proh ihly because no personnel 
assigned have been trained for thin equipment* 
(4) Because of its electronic character, ST 3 a wore called upon to 
repair inoperative oooanographic equipment* Although several affoctiv» 
repa3.ro ware accomplished. the time expanded was dit- due 
to basie unfamillcrlty with the equipment on< ls.oit o. adequate institv* 
(1) Communications with CGRAJ)5TA New fork (NNI) and CG&ADSTl Porta» 
and Fifth District waters s 
was used an the primary relay poinn fc-r all traffic* CoiEnvnioatiotts 
