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Topic: USN Shipboard Battle Conditions (I, II and III ?) |
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Allan
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Posted on: Nov 13, 2010 - 9:17am
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Can anyone explain what is menat when a deck log reads "the OOD set Battle Condition III" for me? Are there also Battle Conditions I and II? What are the different levels and what do they mean?
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Nov 14, 2010 - 11:51am
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hi go to the below for battle conditions on the boats/it only shows two conditions of readiness; ready and fully ready.it also shows who is assigned to what battle stations,etc. hope it helps earl
http://www.hnsa.org/doctrine/part 6.htm
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Allan
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Posted on: Nov 15, 2010 - 8:55pm
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Thanks Earl. I checked your site but the data doesn't seem applicable as used in the deck logs I'm working with. Maybe I'll find an answer at some later time. Appreciate your efforts.
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29navy
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Posted on: Nov 16, 2010 - 4:54am
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This is the link:
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/destroyer/ddops/index.htm#pgI-A-1
1. Condition I or General Quarters. For Condition I every officer and man on the ship is assigned a battle station. The ship and damage control stations, engineering plant and the armament are fully manned.
2. Condition II or III or War Cruising. For Condition II or III provisions are made for the following:-
(a) Ship control stations fully manned.
(b) All lookout stations fully manned.
(c) All detection apparatus manned.
(d) Water-tight Integrity Watch posted.
(e) Engineering installation operating with split plant on one half boiler power.
(f) One half the armament manned with sufficient personnel to permit opening fire immediately in case of sudden encounter with enemy submarines, surface or aircraft.
(g) Sufficient men not assigned watches to permit preparation and serving of meals and caring for the sick.
(h) Setting Condition I without any man being required to shift stations. To accomplish this it is necessary that certain officers and men be assigned alternate battle stations but the number must be kept to an absolute minimum to eliminate confusion.
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BobPic
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Posted on: Nov 16, 2010 - 8:18am
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But once again I want to emphasize that at least in the early war, each boat set their own battle conditions. On some boats the Skipper wanted the helm, on otheres someone else was designated. Some guns (rarely) were not manned or werer manned by the cook. Some strict procedures were altered drastically, simply because thats what the skipper wqnted. Anything in writing produced from a large mahogany desk was viewed with suspicion and not deemed mandatory in battle.
ON our boat, I wrote the rough log and included waht the Skipper wanted to say, and discretely avoided anything he didn't.
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EARL RICHMOND
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Posted on: Nov 16, 2010 - 5:01pm
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on my boat,as cook,i did the normal cooking duties.when i was done i stood watch in either the forward twin fiftiesd or the aft twin fifties.when general quarters was sounded i was assigned as loader on the aft 20mm.once when i was on watch,we were the section leader/first of three boats/the officer in charge thought things were too quiet for him and he ordered me to open fire with the twin fifties and fir bursts toward the beach of new ireland.not one of my tracers skipped on the water and all landed on ther beach.pretty proud of thsat.for sopme reason there was no return fire from the beach.i think the firing satisfied the officers ego.he ordered me to cease fire and continue with the searching statuus.guess he was bored.it put us in a really dANGEROUS SITUATION THOUGH AND MORE SO FOR THE OTHER TWO BOATS FOLLOWING BEHIND. I HEARD ROMOUR AFTER RETURNING TO BASE THAT HE WAS REPRIMANDED FOR ENDANGERING EVERYONE.
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