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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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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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DIVISION :W f ' - ' -H ' f l. ' .l.K Tt Left to Right:- 1 St Row — McDermott, Mischenko, Denham, MacKinnon, Rupp 2nd Row — Cornthwaite, Mitgang, Peterman, Anderson, Jenkins, Heath 3rd Row — Bolduc, Kellerman, O ' Neill, Marani, Marani, Scott, Lunacek When we come to think about it, actually, there are very few people who really understand the complex and exacting duties of the men of the Division. They have been doing their duties and doing such a good job of them for such a long time now, that we have long since come to take their work as granted. Because of the endless vigilance of the radarmen, under the super- vision of their leading petty officers, the ship can safely steam along at any speed , knowing the electronic eyes of the ship will inform her of all dangers. Then too, because of CIC, the ASW, Torpedo, and Gunnery Teams can perform their jobs with that much more precision. How often have we heard the word, ' ' Now the duty ET lay up to Radio CentraL Uncount- able are the number of hours that ET ' s spend in keeping the non fire-control electronics and the radio gear in that top notch operation that is necessary to carry out our functions in the fleet. Their tireless work has caused us at times to forget that because of them and all the other equally capable groups of men on board this ship, the BENHAM is what she is, a ship that we are all proud of.
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