CL 92's Departments & Divisions

Page last updated: 6 July, 2017
What we need from you for our database:
1. Your name and years aboard.
2. The Department you were in.
3. The Division you were in.
4. Your rate/rank while on the Little Rock.
5. What your job was on the Little Rock.
6. Who you worked with.
 7. Any specifics pertaining to equipment
    you worked on. Name of gear, model
    no's (Mk and Mod), etc.
8. Specific memories pertaining to your
    work and life on the Little Rock.
Please send your additions, corrections, comments or feed-back to
Mr. Woody Donaldson.

Ship Divisions per Blue Jackets Manual 1944

Division
Role
1st Div
 Deck Division, Forward 5" Guns
2nd Div
 Deck Division, 40mm Guns
3rd Di
 Deck Division, Aft 5" Guns
4th Div
 Marine Detachment, Port 20mm Guns
5th Div
 Deck Division, Ordnance handling, Starboard 20mm Guns
A Div
 Evaporators, boats, auxilaries, ice machines
B Div
 Boilers
C & R Divs
 Construction and repair
E Div
 Electrical
H Div
 Medical, dental
K Div
 Communications (radio, signal, sound, electrical)
M Div
 Main Engines
N Div
 Navigation (Quartermasters)
R Div
 Construction and repair shops, band, ship's service
S Div
 Supply, disbursing, commissary
V-1 Div
 Aircraft launching, landing and handling operations
V-2 Div
 Fueling, lubrication, and hangar deck plane handling
V-3 Div
 Air Plot, Fly Control and Aerology
V-4 Div
 Combat Information Center (CIC), and radar/radio maintenance
V-5 Div
 Servicing and arming aircraft
V-12 Div Fuzing and handling bombs and rockets

According to The Bluejackets Manual (15th Edition, 1959), ships of the U.S. Navy always had the following Departments, each headed by a Department Head:
 
Operations,    Navigation,    Gunnery   (or Deck),
Engineering,    Supply,  and  Medical

Each Department was broken down into Divisions, each with a Division Officer.
In addition, ships of the U.S. Navy, depending on type, may also have one or more of the following Departments headed by a Department Head:

Air (Aviation),    Chaplain,  Dental,  Executive,  Flag,  Marine,
Repair,  Transportation  and  Weapons

These Departments also consisted of Divisions, each with its own Division Officer.
The links above (in blue) will take you to the individual Departments that were attached to the U.S.S. Little Rock CL-92 at various times in her career. The page associated with each Department will provide details as to that Department's functions, as well a links to the Division within that Department.
 
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