Benham (DD 796) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1954

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3 rd DIVISION ♦ v r v , ? = n Left to Right:- 1st Row - Boissel, Ray, Holl, Ford, Engle . 2nd Row- McQuigan, Cleveland, Mullin, Ledbetter, Mandernach, Miranda, DeStefono, DeBenedetti, Gourneau, Hutzel, Muir 3rd Row - Warner, Rasch, Lesniak, Crawford, Wiley, Keene This is the BENHAM ' S newest division, having been organized during the early part of 1954. It is composed of Fire Control Technicians, Sonarmen, and Torpedomen, performing many different and important duties. The Fire Control Technicians, who operate behind the scenes, are vital to accurate naval gunfire. They service and operate the gun directors, computers, range finders, and other fire control equipment, making certain that all is in readiness when the ship goes to General Quarters. A constant threat to any ship is attack from beneath the surface. Utilizing complex elec- tronic equipment, the Sonarmen keep a never ending vigil over the vast expanses beneath the waves. Not only do they seek out enemy submarines, but they search also for navigational haz- ards such as rocks, shoals, and sunken ships. For a destroyer to combat the enemy successfully, there must be torpedoes and depth charges. Torpedomen hove the important and endless job of maintaining and operating the torpedoes and tubes, the depth charges and racks, the K guns, and the torpedo fire control system. One can easily understand that the men of the Third Division are necessary and important to the smooth functioning of the BENHAM.

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2 nd DiVfSiON v- U , i Left to Right :- 1st Row - Marczi, Reed, Trimmer, Spadaro, Ratkay, Del Guidice, Neuman, Ferreira 2nd Row - Brookshire, Rowe, Plaisance, Schiffer, Dolan 3rd Row- Higgins, Nadeau, Bechard, Tullocd, Liolis, Purtell, Wurts, Carrano 4th Row - Leasure, Lanford, Fredette, Ladd, Danig, Cardone, McQuade, Robbins 5th Row - Feraco, Ballard, Curry, Baxter, Sabatine, Francoeur, Sanders The Second Division is another of our hard working groups on the mighty B .lt is composed of gunners mates and deck hands who are responsible for the cleanliness and upkeep of the en- tire after part of the main deck and superstructure. They have a big job and they do it well. Their jobs are very simiiiar to those of the first division in that they maintain and care for the appearance and armonent on the after half of the ship. Every one of these men work hard at handling lines, fueling, mooring, and at many other jobs. Definitely, they are not strangers to the Navy ' s favorite tools, the chipping hammers and the paint brush. They maintain the motor whale boat and provide coxwains and bow hooks to run it for liberty parties. The Second Division can always be counted on to perform any of the many jobs that arise aft of frame 72.



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C DIVISION Left to Right:- 1st Row — Lloyd, Bingham, Brunsink, Owen, Thornton, Girard, Kern 2nd Row — Gaeddert, Sommers, Wescott, Schroeder, Buclous, Bonnett Turn to is a by-word in the key areas operated by C Division personnel, the bridge, the radio shack, and ship ' s office. These are the men who make possible communications with the fleet and the outside . A Quartermaster ' s rate involves several different duties in his work on the bridge and in the chart house. He uses visual signaling when communicating with other ships. This includes semaphore, flag hoists, and the flashing light. Furthermore, he assists the Navigator by keeping the countless publications and charts up to date, and also assists the Officer-of-the-Deck in maintaining the ship ' s log. Another center of intraship activity is the radio shack. Twenty-four hours a day. Radiomen are kept busy handling all traffic which cannot be transmitted visually or by mail. As many as 20,000 messages have been sent out and received in a thirty-day period. Seen lounging around the radio shack is the number one morale booster aboard ship, the Teleman, who handles all the mail. He is responsible for procuring, sorting and distributing all the BENHAM ' s mail. The personnel in the ship ' s office round out the division roster. Efficeincy is at a premium as the Yeomen and Personnelmen tackle the million-ond-one miscellaneous duties which include the handling of special request chits, liberty cards, service records, the plan of the day, and all official correspondence pertaining to the running of the ship and crew.

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