6. Provide for positive, accurate, and rapid
evaluates and initiates those orders necessary for
communications between all damage control units. An
corrective action from a ship-wide point of view. This
overall coordination of effort and direction can then be
station also reports to and receives orders from the
readily accomplished.
bridge (command control). These reports concern
7. Provide for a repair party, remotely located from
matters that affect the ship's buoyancy, list, trim,
DCC, to assume the responsibilities of DCC, in the
stability, watertight integrity, and chemical, biological,
event that DCC becomes a battle casualty.
and radiological (CBR) defense measures.
The battle station for the damage control assistant
4. Ensure that damage control units assign work
(DCA) is in DCC. The primary damage control battle
that is peculiar to a single department are under the
organization units, as shown in figure 2-1, are repair
direct supervision of an officer from that department.
parties or teams. Battle dressing stations should be
close to the repair parties.
5. Provide for relief of personnel engaged in
difficult tasks, for battle messing, and for the transition
Damage Control Central
from one condition of readiness to another. Develop
Personnel assigned to the DCC are under the
procedures to ensure that all relief crews are informed of
supervision of the DCA. These personnel perform the
following tasks:
the overall situation.
COMMAND
CO/OOD
DAMAGE
SUPPLY SUPPORT
ENGINEERING
CIC
CONTROL
CONTROL
HELO CONTROL
CENTRAL
SUPPLY
TAO
OFFICER
CHIEF ENGINEER
DCA
COMBAT
SYSTEM
CASUALTY
CONTROL
ELECTRONIC
REPAIR
CASUALTY
BATTLE
REPAIR
EMERGENCY
REPAIR
REPAIR
6
CONTROL
MESSING
2
ISSUE
5
3
TEAM
EXPLOSIVE
ORDINANCE
AFT
FWD
DISPOSAL
BATTLE
BATTLE
AFT
FWD
TEAM
DRESSING
DRESSING
DECON
DECON
STATION
STATION
KEY:
COMMAND
HELO
COORDINATION
CRASH
LIAISON
CREW
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Figure 2-1. Damage control battle organization.
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