Buchanan (DDG 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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2nd i . Q. Target, target number l23g coordinates 276-493, l gun main armament, high explosive, fuze quick, at my conmiand . . . A This is the beginning, the beginning of Naval Gunfire Support. Magazine crews load the guns with 70 pound projectiles. Ski says the temperature is '92 degrees 'and getting hotter. Taco Charliei' BEAN, the gun captain, and his gun crew ready the nount for action, time elapsed under 2 minutes. Plotting room crews make use of thousands of dollars of electronic' equipment. Tiny7, is Plot- ting Room Offiacer. Tiny,' is 6'3 tall, Weighs LTJG Martin Gunnery Assistant ivi ion W Second Division Officer t i Chester O. Guns Martin LTJG ' li H 'Q FIRECONTROLMEN R. L. Friday FTG2 R. E. 'rrinye wrighrifroz c. s. Hoboken', Prochaska FTG3 T. B. Moore FTG3 J. A. Fagan FTG3 D. L. Smazenko FTGSN G. L. Stanfield FTGSN K. Wilkinson FTGSN GUNNERSMATES R. E. Uncle Burgie Burton GMGI J. H. Nixon GMG1 R. M. Toland GMG2 C. J. Taco',Charlie Bean GMG2 , G. R. Blaylock GMG3 R. L. Westwood SN D. K. Hammond SN D. E. Hatfield SN 235 pounds and has more years in the Navy than Olongapo has bars. If he says the plotting room is ready, itis ready. A four man team sits on the sideline. These are the troubleshooters. If something goes Wrong in the gun mount a total of 47 years experience says it Won't be long before it's fixed. This NGFS team fired in excess of 3000 rounds in support of allied troops in Vietnam. Darkness, rain, high Winds, and heavy seas were mere considerations, not insurmountable obsta- cles. NGFS teams, throughout the United States Navy, will continue to fire despite unfavorable conditions as long as We hear Target, target number . . . fi fl llwll lilly I l l . , . WFT .-'-H-, Q ' 4 1 fc -ff 2 K' I ,..- ,, L , . .' 1 -4 -- 2. ,M Qb.'Tl1erc's nothing SUNG' than a depressed gun- 91 l

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