Living History drill in CIC

If an admiral were embarked as the Task Group Commander, one of his staff would also be in CIC to make recommendations to the admiral concerning the entire task group, not just this Battleship.

On the left side of the room is the surface search radar console. The operator determined range and bearing information on friendly and enemy ships detected by that radar. He passed position data to men plotting the Ships' movements on one of the plotting tables in the middle of the room.

Living History drill in CIC

In the far left corner is the air search radar console. The operator passed aircraft position information to men standing behind the large circular glass plotting board on the right side of the room. Those men plotted the location of both enemy and friendly aircraft on the big board. In this way the Ship's fighter direction officer could follow the action and direct task group fighter planes assigned to defend the force against enemy aircraft.

Among CIC responsibilities were the following:
	maintain the location of all surface, air, and submarine traffic in the area
	identify friendly forces in the area
	warn of approaching enemy aircraft
	designate suitable targets
	provide fire control directors with target location
	direct fighter aircraft to intercept enemy aircraft
	relay orders from the Task Force or Group Commander