Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q ----is get ea f F72 f - 'iv'-P 'Z ' - UPPLY DIVISIO i , Kg, 1 1 f is 4 Front Row Left to Right, Cooper, Belknap, Diesta, Mora, Toll, Miller, Guerrero, Vasquez, Trinidad, Jones, Foster Taylor, Tate, Nolton, Zieske, Hayes, Conway, Second Chief Christensen, Third RowgGa1lagher,Carman Ozment, Row, LTJG Kramer, Jolls, Wilson, Martell, Carlson, Leighton, Rainwater, Jacobs, Dawes. , , The storeroom group , headed by Foster, received more than 7 ,000 items just prior to the start of this cruise. These parts had to be sorted, shelved, and recorded. Hayes, Toll, Gaudreau, Miller and Gallagher sp ent manyhour s accom- plishing this task, as well as making around- the-clock issues from a stock of over 21,000 repair parts. During the cruise,Jolls and Wilson prepared over 3,000 requisitions for stock replenishment, representing 339, 000.00 spent through the ship's OPTAR. The commissary group, with Garcia at the helm served good nutritious meals throughout the cruise. At sea, Conway and Poole made our pastry and bread, while Belknap, Austin, Mora, Carman and Nolton Prepared the meals, some of which were Served while the ship was at G. Q. Beno- Q On the fantail was always heartily enjoyed by the crew, with the cooks and mess- cooks giving their all. Dawes kept the cooks Supplied with breakouts while Jolls, on the records, Prepared the requisitions for re- Ji' , supply. The service activities functioned very well under Jones, our leading Ship's Serviceman. The laundry, with Rainwater, Taylor, Cooper and Jacobs, worked around the clock to keep the crew in clean uniforms. Martell and Layton combined to sell more than 322,000.00 in the Ship's Store while the vending machine dispensed over 68,000 cups of soft drinks. Carlson, the Ship's Barber, was known to cut hair even during G,Q, while the records of the service activ- ities were manned by Chief Christensen. The Stewards group under Diesta served delicious meals to the officers in the wardroom with Guerrero, Famularcano, Trinidad and Vasquez all lending a hand with the cooking and serving of the meals. The disbursing office, with Ozment and Allen doing the computing and Mr. Kramer passing it out, paid out more than S309,000 to the officers and crew. V .f