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In the center of the ship you can see the conning tower or the pilot house. This is where I spent all my duty time. I stood watch 4 hours on and 4 hours off together with the officer on duty. The Quartermaster assists in all the navigation. When positions where sighted with the stars I would record and steer the ship by these readings. Navigation was all done visually. This is not my ship but it is similar to the one I served on. I have included it to show how versatile this ship can be. As you can see, the tide has gone out and has left this ship high and dry. Here you can see that the ship is flat bottom which made it so we could come in close to land. Our ship had a draft of 6 feet of water which is an amazing thing when you think about it.