[Boatanchors] Question: In WWII what was the division designator or the radio gang?

[Nick England]

FWIW - things I have found -
On board BB-55, it was CR Division (Communications Radio)
Pre-war, aboard the California there was C-D Division for radio and C-L
Division for Signalmen.

Info from
http://www.navyhistory.org/2013/08/manning-fletcher-class-destroyers/
"The Operations Officer billet did not specifically exist at the beginning
of World War II. The need for a separate department responsible for the
collection, display, and dissemination of combat information and
intelligence became apparent as further use was made of radar and the
establishment of a Combat Information Center (CIC) as the central nerve
center on the ship. Therefore the functions of the Communications Officer,
CIC Officer, and Electronic Material Officer (EMO) were all brought under
the Operations Officer. Communications had previously been a “stand alone”
department and electronics repair had belonged to the Chief Engineer."

>From this I am guessing that capital ships with separate CR (or CD) and CL
sections became OR and OS Divisions, while smaller ships with all
Communications in one Division renamed them the OC Division

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bill Mellema via Boatanchors <
boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Guys,
> Does anyone know if the radiomen was in OR or OC division in WWII? As a
> RM, I was in OC division- USS Wainwright (DLG28) - Vietnam era. We have
> some documents that mention OR division for the radiomen in the WWII time
> frame.
>
> This is more for curiosity that anything else...
> 73
> Bill N3WM
>
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