Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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DIVISIO R Division: Front Row: Jordan, Kirchman, Nye, Phelps, Sivits, Northcott, Clark, Phillips, Stroo, Halpin. Second Row: Boswell, Haley, Taylor, Anderson, Wiggins, Moore, Thomas, Crawford, Stark. RH Division personnel were by necessity the do-it-yourself experts of the cruise. Composed of Ship Fitters, Electricians, Enginemen, Machinery Repairmen, Damage Controlmen, and Inter-Communications men, they were called on daily for a perplexing variety of jobs. Repair the garbage grinder Qagainj, fix the main ship's generator, un-clog the pantry's drain, get up the dress-ship lights before sunset, get them down by sunrise, fix the lMC so the Word can be passed, manufacture this, repair that .... the list Was endless. They kept the many pieces of auxiliary equipment going so that the many necessities of shipboard life could be maintained. Next time something happens to go out of commission, don't worry about it, don't try to fix it yourself, just pick up your phone and dial R . X! , Lots of knobs to clean Waiting for liberty

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