Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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Yr A DIVISIO lst, W 5 as M Z 'Y QV xr, Xl eg! is Boiler Tenders: First Row: Kennedy, Forbes, Eckleberry, Mullen, Brumsickle, Glenn, Hager. Second Row: Blackwell, Wood, Barrigear, Schoonover, Nichols, Brown, Jenkins. i -air Another happy group Too hot for shirts down here Boilermen on U.S. Naval warships date back to 1814, when the Navy ordered. a harbor defense vessel of 2,475 tons built for New York Harbor. This first steam war vessel was produced by Robert Fulton named the Demolog0S, and her BT's claimed the envious record of having steamed 53 miles in just eight hours and tvxgenty minutes. Today's steam plants are far more efhcient, and the men that man them must be more experienced. Boilermen are among the hardest working men on the ship, and must certainly be the best insulated to Stand the heat of the fire- rooms while underway. Many of the topside personnel marvel about how do those snipes live down in those holcS3 it's hot enough to cook an eggu. But they stood it, and manufactured the steam that turned the screws, ran the galley laundry scullery, and kept us 'warm Cmost of the timej during our cold winter in WESTPAC. So next time one Of thiem Cgmes out of his 11019, trailing black footprints and fin er r' t b l' t g p in s, e a ittle more tolerant, wont you?