Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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MY GOSH FONTAINE IS IN THERE. THEY WORK TOO ! REALLY THEY DO! 4

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Supply Dimiott From Left to Right: (Front Row) TN CUEVAS, TA MARCELO, TN VASQUEZ. SD2 BRUA, TN LOTA, SK2 AVILA, SD2 GACOSTA, CS2 POOLE. (Second Row) LTJG GORDON, CS1 CONWAY, SN PLATZ, SN BELIVEAU, CS2 (VIORA, SN WITEK, SH(B)3 CARLSON, SKI KNUTSEN, SK3 TATE, SN LEIBLE, SN EPPRIGHT, SKC BOURNE, (Back Row) SH2 McBURNEY, CS3 ZART, SKI HOBSON, CSS PEDRO, SN PETERSON, SN ALLEN, DK3 HICKS, SN HANNON. SH3 HARMON, SH3 ALLEN. Supply Department is composed of Commissarymen, Store- keepers, Ship ' s Servicemen, Disbursing Clerks, and Stewards. All these different rates have the same purpose in mind; to provide the ship with a service. The commissarymen, headed by CS1 CONWAY, continue to provide the crew with outstanding meals. The cooks are on duty around the clock, as witnessed by POOLE ' s night baking. The Galley Captains , CS1 BENIGNO and MORA along with ZART and PLATZ, show enough diversification in their preparation to keep the crew happy. All of this would not be possible if not for CS3 PEDRO, who is in charge of all breakouts. The storekeepers have an around the clock job of keeping BENNER ' s various departments supplied with spare parts. Headed by SKI HOBSON and SKI KNUTSEN, the spare parts men SK3 TATE and SN LEIBLE work a long day locating and organizing approximately 30,000 repair parts. AVILA and EPPRIGHT are in charge of OPTAR and Commissary records. The Ship ' s Servicemen are very versatile in that most are capable of changing jobs with one another. SH2 MCBURNEY is the leading Ship ' s Serviceman ind in charge of the ship ' s store and laundry. The store is run by SH3 ALLENwhostocks most things needed at sea by the crew. The laundry is operated by SN WITEK, SN BELIVEAU and SN PETERSON. These men are constantly washing and pressing to maintain the needs of the crew. Not to forget the Best Barber in the Fleet , SH(B)3 CARLSON. Mr. GORDON is most concerned with DK3 HICKS and SN ALLEN as they are the ship ' s Disbursing Clerks. During our deployment they paid out about $430,000 to the crew. The Stewards, headed by SD2 BRUA, who sometimes doubles as the barber, are directly responsible to the officers. GACOSTA and VASQUEZ are cooks, while CUEVAS, LOTA, and MARCELO are the servers. They also maintain the officers staterooms. Supply personnel are a hard working group which can be depended upon to get the job done.