Buchanan (DDG 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Remember what lsaid before? . . . We are 325 strong and to Work best We are organized into functional groups called divisions. Though you know everyone aboard, you spend time with your division mates . . you Work together, mess to- gether, pull liberty together, and let me tell you, this sharing, day after day, the good and the bad, makes some lasting friendships. Of course, friendships transcend divisional boundaries and extend throughout the various departments in the ship . . . Departments are groups of Divisions. which have associated areas of responsibility. Let me show you .... Q Q ,, Q ifgg xi z? X ,Zyl M i N

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Our Ship . . . proud of her, you bet. She is beautiful and sleek . . no . . powerful and dependable, all those things. There Built By: TQDD SHIPYARDS CQRP. are many ways to describe this fine de- geatt1e Waehiugteu stroyer. She is something different to each ' ' man aboard. A complex city of steel Ifeel Laid: 23 Apyil 1959 powered by high pressured oil firedboilers which provide 70,000 horsepower to drive Lauueheu: 11 May 1960 her at speeds of over 30 knots and to pro- - vide enough electric power to operate her Qemmieeieueut 7 Febfuafy 1962 impressive weapons and electronic equip- ments. BUCHANAN sports the TARTAR Leugth: 437 feet anti-air -missile capable of de stroying super-sonic aircraft, as well ,as fully Bearn.: 47 feet automatic 5 guns and ASROC the most effective anti-submarine weapon. Dietuaeemeutt 4 500 teue BUCHANAN can carry out any mission as- ' signed a man-o-war. She is the most versatile of any destroyer ever built . . . Named for Captain Franklin BUCHANAN, United States Navy and Ranking Officer of the Confederate States Navy, she is the third Destroyer to bear the proud name. The first, the DD 131, distinguished herself during World War ll at ST. NAZAIRE by deliberately ramming and putting a German submarine base out of commission. The second, the DD-484, won eleven Battle Stars in the Pacific campaign and culminated her illustrious career by taking General Douglas MACARTHUR from YOKOHAMA to TOKYO BAY for the signing of the Japanese sur- render aboard the USS MISSOURI. We have a proud heritage to uphold and believe me . . . BUCHANAN and her crew can do it.

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WEAPONS OFFICER LT. C.E. POTTER TARTAR BATTERY OFFICER LTJG A R BIANCANIELLO ,A GUNNERY ASSISTANT LT. W.L. ALLISON WEAPONS DEPAR T ME T The Weapons Department is headed by the Weapons Officel who is responsible for all oper atlons havlng to do Wlth the department 1tself The ma1n characte11st1cs of the Weapons Department are pr1ma11ly lelated to ordnance O1 a11c1 aft As head of th1s department the Weapons Of f1CSl IS held 1espons1ble undel the Commandlng Off1ce1 for the care and p1epa1at1on of nuclear Weapons the ma1ntenance and use of the armament and ordnance equlpment aboard the sh1p the p1 ocurment l'13,l'1C-lllllg stowage and 1SSLl1l'1g of ammunltlon and pyl otechn1cs, the supervlslon and d11ect1on of deck seamanshlp ope1 atlons and e valutlons lncludlng the care and malntenance of assoclated boats ground tackle and othel equlp ment FIRE CONTROL OFFICER ADMIN ASSISTANT LTJG S L TENNEY ENS W R CHAFFIN FIRST LIEUTENANT ENS. H.H. SEIBERT ASW OFFICER LTJG J LEDERHAAS F .- 9 . . . . . I U . . . F ' I V I I I I I F F F f F F F - . ' . , , ' V f . . . . , F I' F , , . . A 1- f- 1- 1 3 ' V . A . . , . . . . . . . ' ' ' ' 2 . . . A f, , , 7 9 9 E O l A I . I I I I I I I F F 1 I I I I I ,- , , . . C .- 7 . . -4 rm I . . - 4 -4 ' ' '