Benham (DD 796) - Naval Cruise Book

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S DIVISION PM - i. M ' -» ' r ;-- ' ft . Left to Right:- 1st Row — Royster, Turpin, Leggett, Antoine, Mills, Speegle, Baker 2nd Row— Collins, Williams, Eslinger, Weyher, Faience, Wiggins, Donahue, Korn 3rd Row — Lathan, Mrachek, Smith, Hanner, Siroky, Albury 4th Row — Edmondson, Hayes, Levine, Borges, Cole When we speak of the Supply Department, we speak of numerous rates. Among these rates are found Storekeeper, Disbursing Clerk, Commissaryman, Ship ' s Serviceman, Stewardsmate and Hospital Corpsman. Storekeepers are constantly kept busy each day,requisitioning food, ship ' s store stock, and the endless supply of parts, tools and other materials to keep the BENHAM in ship shape . The Commissarymen plan and prepare the all-important chow, while the Disbursing Clerk figures our pay and helps us with our allotments and other financial problems. Duke the Barber can be found just outside the Supply Office, cutting the many heads of hair. The Hospital Corpsmen are always ready and eager to treat us for the usual cuts, bruises and illnesses that occur. The loundrymen have the important task of keeping the crew in clean clothes, a job which is well carried out. Stewardsmates can be found tackling the million and one jobs that arise in the Officer ' s Country . Ship ' s Store helped us procure many items from foreign merchants while on our cruise, in addition to supplying us with our everyday needs such as cigarettes and toiletries. The duties performed by the S division are extremely important to the health and welfare of the crew, and they are very efficiently and capably carried out.

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R DIVISION Left to Right:- Bottom — Drew, Griffin, Smith, Titus, Ray, Bonham 2 ' nd — Packard, Paulsen, Schack, Wilson, Townsend, Bradbury, Turnbull, Gross, Clark 3 ' rd — Brunner, RippI, Hughes, BaesI, Casey, Hudak, De Castro, Snyder Top — Giacin, Surace, Rivard, Carton, Considine, E., J. Considine, Downing From stem to stern, from yardarm to keel, the work of the R Division is never finished, for when is the ship not in need of repair. The A gang is small, but their tasks are many: Maintainence of the emergency diesel, the gig and whaleboat engines, the heating system, after steering and refrigeration. This, besides watch standing, and making new parts ond repairing old ones in the machine shop. The shipfitters can always be relied on to come up with an ingenious idea when it comes to building anything out of metal or wood. Besides that all important task, they repair the many piping systems aboard ship, maintain damage control gear and are the nucleus of the damage control organization. The welding and cutting leads enjoy few idle moments aboard the BENHAM. The Electricians maintain the entire lighting system and also repair and rebuild the numerous electrical pumps, motors, fans, etc., distributed throughout the ship in addition to watch standing. The IC men, part of the electrical gong, take care of all internal communications on the ship and the complex gyroscope. Both Electricians and IC men answer the duty call countless times during the day. The R Division is truly an important division, which must work in harmony with all the other divisions.

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