"During battle, as far as we were concerned as radar pickets, the most important job of the ship
was C.I.C. There was a serious debate during the end of the war as to whether the Captain should
be in C.I.C. and the exec on the bridge. Because
everything happened in C.I.C. ....."

Paul M. Jones
Executive Officer, 1944-45
USS CASSIN YOUNG

C.I.C. was the information center aboard ship. Information collected by visual means and by radar, sonar, and radio was assembled and evaluated here and then relayed to the appropriate combat stations on the ship or to neighboring vessels. Ten to twelve crewmen worked in C.I.C., including the ship's Executive Officer.