Weapons 1

Question 1

What is the Department Head (Gun Boss) responsible for?

Answer 1

The Gun Boss is administratively responsible for Weapons Department personnel.

Question 2

What is the Ordnance Handling Officer (OHO) responsible for?

Answer 2

Operationally responsible for all ordnance throughout the ship.

Question 3

What are the Five divisions of Weapons Department?

Answer 3

G-1

G-2

G-3

G-4

G-5

Question 4

What weapons division is responsible for the Hangar Bay (AWSE) and Flight Deck Ordnance?

Answer 4

G-1

Question 5

What weapons division is responsible for the Armory/Torpedoes/ and Magazine Sprinklers?

Answer 5

G-2

Question 6

What weapons division is responsible for Magazines/Bomb Assemblies?

Answer 6

G-3

Question 7

What weapons division is responsible for Elevators?

Answer 7

G-4

Question 8

What weapons division is responsible for Administration/QA/Ordnance Control/ and Logistics?

Answer 8

G-5

Question 9

What qualification program ensures that persons handling ordnance are trained and properly qualified to do so?

Answer 9

Non-Nuclear Ordnance/Explosive Handling Qualification Program.

Question 10

What does HERO stand for?

Answer 10

Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance

Question 11

Naval ordnance systems are generally armed, actuated, and detonated by means of electrical pulses. What can this cause?

Answer 11

Electromagnetic radiation from transmitting antennae cause a voltage to be induced into these systems, which in turn would cause the actuation or detonation sequence to begin.