Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Yeomen are traditionally the principal paper- pughers of the Navy. During the course of the cruise BENNER'S Yeomen probably typed up enough pages of records, reports, and correspondence to stretch the entire length of our track across the Pacific and back, if laid margin to margin. And not that they can't push anything but paper, either. On the 8th of March, Canvasback BLAS, YN3, fought his way to a boxing trophy in a com- petition at Yokosuka, japan. 'vt unuou matt .. .. -rg :. filosrlu. ll 1? Divan? ,A ,v -4 me mae esmr A., nevoucmnop... ,-A. E Ni X . .,f 'l f it A ' i ' - 5 SS K. -mv: ,l A 1 rs, u ii we ' il Q N57 , Fr ' v f ' mn '- 5 Y if-fm ,A X , E2I '5,.i. lui K x X 61' Q7 ZPQIML i I i 3' I , 2,11 ll -fi 1 J.: ' ' - ' 'T' V 3 J ' ' X .....-.. , Q ' f 'bi - ik, ,fy Q X -w 'za , . - FW: Q Where were we? In an ocean the size of the Pacific, finding a fairly accurate answer to this question was no easy task. But this was one of the jobs required of the BENNER Quartermasters several times daily throughout the cruise. Sometimes they used lights and islands, at other times stars or the sun or moon. When nothing at all was visible, they resorted to the use of LORAN, QLong-Range Aid-to- Navigationj, a method of achieving a fixed position through the use of electronics and low-frequency radio beams. They were also the keepers of the Quartermaster's LOg, the official record of all events and happenings while underway. This log is extremely important, and is among the first called upon when official verification of any event is necessary. Yeomen: Blas, Woodruff CPNID, Sandstrom, Giordano Canvas-back Blas with his boxing trophy Quartermasters: Headley, Earl, Chief Lynn, Davis. Missed: Stainbrook

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QC DIVISICD Radiomen: Davis, Ignacio, Chief Smith, Sawyer. Missed, Higgins. Something hot on the teletype? Signalmen: Lambert, Hickman, McKeen. Missed: Lowe, Hewitt, N orthcutt. healthy tans and ruddv eomplcxions. B 5-will-Iles and sweatshirt, and stood brawl Ciood eonimunications are essential in toda , - YS Navvg without them no orders Cf - . JU Q received or transmitted, no positions relayed ashore, no organization of any kind outside the Ship Radiomen handle the hulk of communicationi necessary hetwveen ships of the task force and ship-to-shore communications. Many long nights were spent on watch in Radio Central, with BENNERS Radiomen dashes, Then the Radio messenger took over, and listening to the droning of the dots and travelled what seemed like miles, trying to find all the otlieers indicated on the messages routing. The radiomen's only peaceful moments came during ENICQN conditions, when all radio emissions from the ship were silent to keep from revealing its position. Wonderful moment for the radio gang. fi Q'CB O00 X ' if . 6 ciell -s .oh :B N 2-' ! L j i ' 'ix X 'hi ' f ' ' X, ,, L-cg , Q on-wi J., - 4 -. -' 55 YIDCITYQW not Pulau uv no woo in in, ummm... As the radiomen work with their ears, the signalnien work with their eyes. Both use the same Morse code, but in dilterent form. The signalman also must know the Navy and lnterllfi' tlfmill Slstems ol' tlaghoists for visual Signalmg and identilication. Because ol' their exposed position on the 0Pe- bridge, sigualuien are usually identilied bb' their ut there ' , ' lind were no stereotvpesg where else tould BOU 1 . - - , '- cmg another like llewitt when he donned his F3 'ng the s ill spi If n i

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UPPLY DIVISICD Storekeepers : Ermino, Cruz, Navor, Duffy, Hamele, Hendley, Denoux il V All that searching for this nut? Commissarymen: Northern, Cloudas, Cofield, Chief Verdu-QT Frame, Greene, Tims Where's the Duty Storekeeper? I've got to ha this tube right away! H Ask one of the storekeepelie how many times he heard that refrain during thi cruise. The storekeepers prime function was to have on board Qand be able to iindj any one or more gf approximately 20,000 spare parts in the storerooms. In addition, they handled the details of ordering and record-keeping for over 325,000.00 worth of materials requisitioned and loaded during the cruise. Working closely with the ET's and other rates, they helped keep the BENNER's gear running smoothly, breakouts ranged from a 31,200.00 mag. netron to a lcent cotter pin. Their efhcientwork in re-ordering and keeping spare parts up to a high level was reflected in the fine material readiness of the BENNER. if various C .0 'QQ' , , A , X f ' Q '- fiif? jf L, hi Je' u ta r: , . Kg-L- J., : ag ' S- 1 if f ef , , A WMD... ltr an 90-MII' MMnL..... Probably no rate aboard ship was subject to as many gripes as often as the Commissaryman, wh0SC work affected each and every man at least three times a day Qfour, if he could squeeze into the bread-locker after tapsj. But they kept their cauld- rons bubbling in the galley, and cooked up what aVefa8ed out to be a line bill of fareg it kept eVefYone alive and healthy during the deployment' anyway. They had difficulties, like trying to bake when the Ship was rolling, and the pie filling chose to harden on the sides of the oven instead of in the pie-crust Of lUSt before mealtime, when the tender shut Off the Steam, bringing operations to a chilly halti Of the new boot mess-cook who hadn't quite found his Sea'legS, and occasionally let a kettle of hot SOUP go Cascading Cl0wn the ladder to the steam line. But three meals generally ,occurred each dHY, and although the boot sailors hadn't been aW21Y' from Motheris Cooking lOHg enough to know, the majority of the old salts admitted Cprivately, of coursel, that the BENNER was classed in the category of a good feeder .