Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Presudenflal Unlf Crfahon and fhe Purple Hear-I' and had ea,-ned fha righf fo wear fhe Asiafuc Pacific Campaign Medal and me Amer, can Defense Medal On February I3 Ihe Benner was delivered af fhe Navy Yard Bosfon Massachuseffs and placed in commission Ihere on rhe same day On II July lusf five monfhs affer commissioning Benner sailed wesfward from Pearl Harbor escorflng a fasi- can-,er 1-Q om fha I Famous Third Fleef an :fs desrrucfuve a'HacIrs on fhe enemys home islands Enroufe fhe carrier conducfed air sfrllxes on Walre Island on July I8 Finally on July 26 Benner lolned Taslc Group 383 un der fhe command of Rear Admiral G F Bogan and operafed wlfh Taslz Force' 38 in wafers of fhe Japanese Empire. 'For fhe greafer parf of fhe fime, Benner la e A p y d a roufine parf, screeningjdelivering mail and freighf along wifh -scores of ofher desfroyers' supporfing fhe carrier faslc- force. On sfrilre days, how- ever, -Benner usually fool sfafion wifh several ofher desfroyers as special radar piclnefs 'for fhe purpose of confrolling our own aircraff f N -I 4. ef f nw- 0, Q- ,.ss1'4,rf2'a.g 4 l. G 849' I- If 597 A M If , ea., f ws-.Q will rise?-44 vgg ,ri fj,,p,a,,.-Fd pause I, 1, . 'ZFX -,J .Q,.. s..,.u'.i,.s.-.,S,.1.-mae-,,..,,fg,.ej,,l'3a?.ff5Z5ff' ,T-fg3:,:y:fs:gfL-15:5 ,. . 1-:-.4--ve-sff,,+ .-as aff --- .-rw: -: -. -s .ff1.:4- -ef1.,v- ee, j,,,:' -:g1..r',f mg-1 VL: . .5ni-,-53:3wfe.4.s-QE31ess3a.k6EQf-zuaimieiuldmi ff- f a.:v'a'iu1a:.4-ff :ff ,- -law and prevenhng successful enemy alr affaclz on our surface forces If was on one of fhose sfrilce days 9 Augusf when Benner in wafers easf of Honshu Island received her baphsm by Kamllzazes The day began early as hundreds of friendly alrcraff foolr fhe air from our carriers fo blasf enemy commumcafions fransporf and In sfallahons Enemy aurcraff fool: fo fhe air foo nof by fhe hundreds as in fhe days of Olunawa buf several Irepf snooping our achvl hes No affaclrs had been made by an enemy alrcrafi during fhe forenoon They seemed confenf fo snoop and run buf abouf I400 fhey came ouf for business The resf of fhe affernoon fhe Task Force guns foughf off savage suicide affaclrs. Nearby ships were hif, buf fhe Benner's gunfire was so effecfive fhaf she survived her bapfism in baffle' and fool: her righfful place a a member.,of fhe fighfing fleef. , Theawar was nearly af anendg all fhaf remained fo be done was, roufine operafions 'Io finish 'Ihe 'iob up. Air-Sea rescue operafions, screeningfand desfrucfion of driffing mines' occupied her unfil in Sepfember, ,I945 when she glided. gracefully info Tolryo Bay and X 7 X , X d rop anchor 1' er X Ma ZZ? X 'aa - a be a - a 6 1 ,1 1 as c r XTX I Tl l I f , s ,,.5X X i X X'X X. '55 r I' ' 44 ' I , BLACK SEA X ' X - is X X rx, N--- . X, ,l n ' pl ' iw ' -. -N--X.-f-f' ' a 1 A f if SX A' ,1 i 1 , -s H s V ' 1 - , ' :A RN 1 ' 'w ' f 'i TURKEY ,fi T IDI 9.1 s'-IN' AY lTALy- I I V' AUGUSTA BAY.. SICILY ,' Xf 5'-X A X , , I gf i ' . ,f , ' ' ,- - ar . 3, . .- .W ,I '. i'l :'i I ., lil , ' 1- ,, -V I .X 34 f -' X' xjf X af Qsglfll ' ikrw ' - 5, me 'Q one fa any I 2 as - K XX X , ,Q li ' l I ui., I I Sr I , A ' 1 ffffdf N- me as I A we Sore fW X. ' V ,f, K ,ff .V -- , X- T If Qcfober I950, fhe Benner once again passed fhrough fha - 4, Fqef Ofsiieqhyed ' Rcjlss Q N, 'sfraifs of,XGibraIfar, fhis fime headed 'for home. Back in Newporf T Bur 'I 'X Xpagain, all, hands were Irepf busy wifh upkeep and -fraining. Aflanfic fa, f 8.6 ned - ' X' I I Fleef operafions, reserve cruises and' desfroyer compefifion from 36 ,V I ...... 457 ' 'X 7 i',Oc'I'ober I950 fo March I95I groomed fhe ship for furfher assign- X X ekpe 6,610 'Z629 Xrmenfsg A , ,g,,,,,,X if 142: X ,Ideal ' X X Gd, ff I I Anofher Mediferranean Cruise confinued her fasf-carrier-operafion I, Tin' 7 S feffes ' A822 ' ,N Ufraining from 6 March I95I fo I9 Ocfober I95I, when 'I'I1e ship f X. 'MII' C nmfed . i '025 X,f - . enfered Newporf once more.- , I V A I, I Ali' 'X UPS A ' ' 'Q 4 The Benner parficipafed-in NATO Opera'l'ion Mainbrace in fhe T , X dry of coff ..........,, ,3 , X I Norwegian Sea, crossing fhe' Arc+iciCircIe on I5 Sepfember l952. X LUX of Ge ' 9Z80 X X , wg She visifed Greenock, Scofland and Barry, Wales, before arriving in X' i ----.. .....,. ' ' 0 ff I , QR Lisbon, Porfuqal on 2 Ocfober I952 fo ioin fhe Sixfh FIee'I'. The f X T I, X j7 ' f , 'ship fhen visifed fhe porfs of Augusfa Bay, Sicily: LaSperzia, IfaIy: A M I X 2430, X ' ilsfanbul, Turlrey: Afhens, Greeceg' Naples, Ifalyg Messina, XSiciIy: I 'cgm-les, France: Marseilles, France: and Valencia, Spain. The Benner 'r . X ,,i,-4551:-F, X .also fool! parf in NATO Opera+ion Longsfep in November l952, Th T' . - .before fransiffing fhe Dardenelles and fhe Sea of Marma fo anchor 'ww 'gyfzfya-J f I in fhe' hisforic Bosphorus af Isfanbul. 461 - X f-QAIV N ar. .vjff u f-, I ??J.4lLt.. if.fi.iMmHI?I?dii1':?'.,i9'EE

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