of USS ENTERPRISE CV-6
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Another piece of equipment removed from
the navigation bridge of the carrier Enterprise (CV6) is the engine
order telegraph. For those whose familiarity with shipboard operations
comes from Hollywood war movies, lines like 'all ahead one third'
relate to the engine order telegraph. Upon hearing an order from the
officer of the deck (OOD), the sailor manning this device would throw
the handles forward or backward, triggering a bell in the engine room
that signaled personnel there to adjust engine power.
From: Naval
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