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Show FREDERICK JOHN DO KI , JR. PT MB R 17 2002 was. We had four ranges on our radar. The radar itself had thr e rang n rmally but w had made a fourth ourselves to get more accuracy. We had it tuned fin en ugh that w could do that. And what they had done on radar, you know you're moving and the scr en is sweeping-you've seen radar sweep? BEC: Right. FRE: Well, you get a target and normally by the time you get back to that target that original image is gone. What they had done, they had it out of focus to begin with, which made everything wide, and then they had the intensity so high that as they'd wipe around, they'd get this big wide point instead of a usual point, and then by the time they swept it again the first point was still there. So now they had double. The first was fading but it hadn't gone yet. So I got on the gear, and I was partly asleep still, I hurried up and I got the gear focused and got the thing so they could read it. The Captain asked for a reading and I gave him a reading and it was a bad one because we were on a different range than I thought we were on. By that time I had the right range, and then he wanted another bearing and the distance to that point. I gave him a bearing, a distance. That one gave him a good bearing and distance (laughs). The captain said, "When the· point gets to be on our starboard, let me know." So when it was straight out from the ship I told him and he made a ninety-degree tum. He said, "When it gets to be so many yards aft, let me know." We got there and he made another ninety-degree turn, and we were through. And he called down and asked, "Is Donkin in the pilot house yet?" And I said, "I took you through the pass, sir." He said, "Did you give me such-and-such a reading?" And I said, "Yes, sir, and it was pretty bad, wasn't it, sir?" He said, "Yes, that one was, but the rest were alright." Nobody on the ship would have dared say that to him (laughs). 39 |
