[MRCA] [MMRCG] Shipboard Damage Control Communications

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Nick,

Interesting reading.

We periodically take a trip to Delaware via the Cape May-Lewes ferry. I like to stand on the upper deck beneath the bridge. The last trip out was foggy. I noticed when the fog rolled in a crewman was stationed at the front (is it called bow on a ferry) of the boat. When he observed a buoy or a ship close by he opened a phone box, took out a handset, turned a crank and spoke into a handset. Even though the ferry has radar and GPS I've wondered if this was standard or they were testing the phone and if this was a sound powered phone. 

I've attached a jpeg of the phone. It has a bell on the top.

Mike N2MS


> On 09/26/2023 2:29 PM EDT Nick K4NYW <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks to Hue W7HUE, I have posted a document covering shipboard damage control communications (probably WW2). In case you've wondered how sound-powered phones are used, this makes interesting reading. Even if if you haven't wondered that, it makes interesting reading. 15 pages, typewritten.
> https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/ic-damage-control.pdf
> 
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com (http://www.navy-radio.com)
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