Buck (DD 761) - Naval Cruise Book

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$1 s% FRONT ROW, L. TO R.: Chief Hoppes, Hudgins, Cain, Morris, Byers, Huskey, Anderson, Merriman, Chief Adams. BACK HOW: LTJG Cocking, Onley, Smith, Parnell, Scott, Burke, Crawford, Ens. Willis. The Supply Department aboard any ship does a big job and even more so aboard a destroyer. Its tasks are many and var- ied and are composed of commissary, ship ' s service, store- keeping, stewards, medical and disbursing. How ' s that cold coming along? Our small, but well equipped sickbay, provides treatment for common aches and pains and for all emergencies. If you want to make out an allot- ment, a disbursing clerk at the supply office takes care of you. Besides payday, there ' s nothing like chowdown to get the crew up and around. Few give any attention to the amount of preparation that goes into their meals; the planned, well-bal- anced diets of the weekly menu. It is no small task to care for the needs of a small city such as the BUCK. The galley is constantly in operation, as is the washing machine, and everyone knows that the barber is kept busy snipping regularly also. So next time you need a friend, check the S Division and you will be well taken care of. 11

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DIV The Gunnery Department is comprised of the First, Second and Third Divisions consisting of Bos ' n Mates, Gunners Mates, Torpedomen, Fire Controlmen and Sonarmen. It was the job of the Bos ' n Mates to battle rust and corrosion and to be ready for any of the numerous special details that were called away at any hour of the day or night. Gunners Mates and Torpedomen spent many hours in keeping our weapons ready for action, and when the time came they teamed up with the Fire Control- men, who aim the guns, to make our ship ready for action at a moment ' s notice. And then there were the Sonarmen whose job it was to listen and to make sure that the waters we traveled were safe below. FRONT ROW, L. TO R.: McKinney, Prilchard, Smith, Tarr, Tipp, Yates, Ens. Barney, Cherry, Artis, Gano, Christiansen. MIDDLE ROW: Bartholomew, Meek, Braziel, Woods, Rios, Jones, Smith, Causey, Kirkland, Davis, lackson, Reese. BACK ROW: Killian, Tobar. Walker, Sackrider, Boon, Rice. Cum- mings. High, Mills, Starling, Pitford. S 4i r J %. ' A«Ut ! !e

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pf - i FRONT ROW, L. TO R.: Amb, Rowe. Smith, Harrell, Perrin, Box, LTJG Conley. SECOND ROW: Chaffin, Harrell, Gurnsey, Troy, Howke, Faecke, Parker, Badeaux. The O Division is a part of the Operations Department and consists of both Radarmen and Electronic Technicians. These men are the eyes of the ship and the men who keep these eyes func- tioning. SKUNK, BOGIE, RING TIME . . . this is some of the strange lang- uage that is constantly being heard in CIC — the Combat Infor- mation Center. In darkness, punctuated by the fluorescent glow of radar scopes, the Radarmen have many responsibilities, among them navigation, station-keeping and collecting information,. eval- uating and disseminating this information to the people concerned in the shortest possible time. GET AN ET is a favorite by-word in CIC, radio and on the bridge. The Electronic Technicians are responsible for the main- tenance of all radar, communications and identification equipment on board. Their headaches range from simple speech distortion in radios to major radar breakdowns. nn UU 12