Oh some general information as I saw that my post contained a few references to navy things and what not...
Public Announcements System, their are three different PA systems on your typical carrier.
1MC: Broadcast to the whole ship used to inform the whole crew.
3MC: hanger bay, the moving of planes, etc.
5MC: flight deck, flight operations.
Note: 1MC announcements are also carried on the 3MC and 5MC.
Navigation through the ship
The ship is the size of a small city, with out some form of an address system one could very easy get lost as most of the ship is very similar in design and appearance. Divided up by 4 numbers, you could consider this your address but it does differ some. Here is an example:
4-180-0-C
The first number tells you how high, or low you are. There are a total of 18 levels. The hanger bay is the 1st deck. (1-100-0) if you go lower you have
decks: 2nd deck, 3rd deck, all the way down to the 7th deck. If you go higher than the hanger bay you have
levels their labeled with a 0 but they are pronounced like “o”. Examples: 01 Level, 02 Level, 03 Level, and all the way up to the 010 level which isn’t the bridge by the way.
The second number,
frame, tells you how far forward or aft you are. 1 is the extreme forward and 255 is the last frame of the ship and is extreme aft. (fantail)
The third number is the
centerline if your at 0 your in the middle of the ship the farther
starboard (right side, while looking forward) you go the higher the number is but it is always
odd. The farther
port (left side while looking forward) you go the higher the number is but it is always
even.
The last “number” isn’t a number but a designator of what kind of a space it is.
C = Commication
L = Living
E = Engineering
Q = Is general use
Theirs are no cabins on the ship.
(well minus one but no member of the Joe team is sleeping in their
Enlisted sleep in
breathings of 10 to 100 people depending on the size of the space and the size of their department. E7 and above (chiefs in the navy) have their own breathings and do not breath with junior enlisted. (E1 to E6) E6 sometimes have their own breathings it mainly depends upon size of department.
Officers sleep in staterooms. Lower ranking officer’s share rooms while higher-ranking officers have there own staterooms.
Females have there own breathings, but are still divided by junior enlisted, upper enlisted, and officer.
FYI: CO of the ship has two staterooms; import cabin, and the CO stateroom outside of the navigation bridge (O9 Level)
CO the Flagg has total control of the ship even if out ranked by an admiral. The CO if the ship is always called Captain even if only a commander, or even if an admiral.
Food
Junior Enlisted: Galleys (forward and aft)
Upper enlisted: Chiefs Mess
Officer: Wardrooms
Best food on the ship is usually in the Chiefs Mess (they pay for their food.)
I’ll make more comments as I can and corrections to the few things I’ve forgotten since my time on the USS Carl Vinson.
