DCASE: DC Organization, Information &
Communication
What action must be carried out by all departments for the prevention of damage? -
ANS-Maintain the established material conditions of readiness; train all departmental
personnel in all aspects of shipboard damage control; and maintain the ship in the best
condition possible to resist damage.
What does the corrective aspect of damage control require? - ANS-The damage control
battle organization to promptly restore the offensive and defensive capabilities of the
ship.
What two elements does the damage control organization consist of? - ANS-(1) The
damage control administrative organization, and; (2) The damage control battle
organization.
What organization is the damage control administrative organization a part of? -
ANS-The engineering department organization.
Who ensures that damage control PMS assignments are completed and the
discrepancies are documented and corrected? - ANS-Each department head.
What does the damage control battle organization include? - ANS-Damage Control
Central (DCC), various repair parties, and battle dressing stations.
Where is the battle station for the Damage control Assistant (DCA). - ANS-In Damage
Control Center (DCC).
DCC personnel are under the direction of what officer? - ANS-The DCA
What is the best source of the information needed by DCC to adequately assess the
nature and magnitude of damage? - ANS-The repair parties.
After evaluating the necessity of flooding magazines endangered by fire, DCC makes
recommendations directly to what officer? - ANS-The commanding officer.
, Charts and diagrams should be posted and labeled properly by DCC to show what
information? - ANS-The subdivisions of the ship and its vital piping and electrical
systems.
What is used by DCC to indicate areas contaminated by CDR agents, the locations of
battle dressing stations, decontamination stations, and safe routes to them? -
ANS-Deck plans.
With respect to the composition of a repair party, what factors should be considered
when designating succession for command of damage control? - ANS-The physical
location of each repair locker, the seniority of each repair locker officer, and the
communication facilities available.
What is the composition of the Repair 1, Main Deck Repair Party? - ANS-It is made up
of deck division petty officers and nonrated personnel, Storekeepers, Information
Systems Technician, Electrician's Mates, Hospital Corpsmen, and aviation details
(except in carriers).
Who is in charge of repair 1-H (also known as the Hangar Bays Repair Party)? -
ANS-The hangar deck officer.
What repair parties are similar in composition? - ANS-Repair 2, 3, and 4.
Repair 5 (Propulsion Repair Party) consists largely of what ratings? - ANS-Engineering.
What is the composition of the Repair 6, Ordnance Repair Party? - ANS-It is made up of
Gunner's Mates, Fire Control Technicians, and Electrician's Mates.
What is the composition of the Repair 7, Gallery Deck and Island Structure Repair
Party? - ANS-It is made up of personnel from the air and engineering departments and
from other departments when necessary.
Who is in charge of the Repair 8, Electronics Repair Party? - ANS-An officer or chief
petty officer of the operations department.
What team is organized within and administered as a unit of the ship's weapons
department? - ANS-Ordnance disposal.
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