Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Service was the job of the Ship's Serviceman. Evidence of their workload was present daily in the mountains of laundry-bags surrounding the shipis laundry. They attempted to take the grease out of the Engineer's dungarees, and wash the paint out of the Deck Force's. While not completely successful in these two endeavors, an around-the-clock laundry operation kept the ship in clean laundry throughout the cruise. They also serviced and collected from the Ship's Vending Machine, and kept Mr. Ferguson and his band of Coke-addicts happy most of the time. They ran the ship's store, keeping the crew supplied with gedunk and necessities. The prohs from these activities benefitted every man, for the money went to the Welfare 8: Recreation fund, for the expenses of Ship's parties, recreation gear, and ai special loan fund for those that were needy. J -..':-S-if- Q Mmm-p r VI- 0 J? ff o L.. . ' I 5 .-':-3 Ei'-: 45, S i pi' I-DJ 4- L, 'li E fi g-'-'griyj 5 Goan cmsr, MR. Scrwurz., You SHOW' B! Gzfrmt un Tb FRY DAY 3VTlnJ TIME! Coffee to the Bridge was a familiar cry to the Stewards, whose jobs centered around the Wardroom. Their responsibility included the Wardroom, Pantry, and the Officer's Staterooms, as well as cooking and serving three meals a day. One of them kept a lonely vigil on the Wardroom during each night underway, waiting until the OOD or JOOD nearly fell asleep, and then answered his call of coffee to the bridge . They were also part-time Bosun's rnates, involved in chipping and painting operations 111 Officers' Country I I X Q Ship's Servicemen: Dejesus, Walk, Hodgeson, Ellis, Orr, Richardson, Fudge, Jenks, Rutherford Disbursing Clerks i Fraser and Chapman Not many of them, but the one rate that affected everyone where it meant a great deal . . . in the wallet. They computed and disbursed paydays, settled shore patrol and travel claims, and handled the many details connected with financial accounting and returns. At times, a pay raise didn't seem to come along when it should, but no money was lost. All they needed was a friendly reminder. Stewards : Thomas, Harris, Payne, Fabella, ,DeqUif0, Missed ,

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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 .

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DIVISIO Machinist's Mates: First Row: Chief McNeil, Shaw, Miller, Gernand, Paquette, Waldrop, Marshall, Shaw, Hoffman, Nick, Chief Adams. Second Row: Haase, Harris, Fields, Walters, Olsen, Devault, Fraley, Creek. M is for Machinistls Mates, the Main Propulsion whiz kids, who kept the screws turning day after day, and all through the long nights at sea. They kept the lights of the ship burning brightly most of the time, with the two main generators under their care. They ran a legal distilling plant below decks with a capacity of upwards of 16,000 gallons a day. Of course, there was no rum-running or bootlegging involved, for their product was crystal clear water: the best in the fleet, so they said. We usually agreed, except when the chlorine got a bit too strong, or they added a little too much salt to take the flatness out of the water and give it a bit of Havor. ' 1 W JK HS Such fun down here Must be a leadership discussion