Buck (DD 761) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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 C Division is composed of the communica- tions half of the Operations Department. The men in that division include Radiomen, Quartermasters and Yeoman. The radio gang is a group of individuals with rather unique ability to speak with their fingers. The radioman, huddled over his typewriter intently lis- tening to an endless story flowing into his ears, un- able to speak or look away from his copy, is in con- stant fear of missing a vital dot or dash. He has all the aspects of the weird scientist setting dials, peak- ing meters, twisting knobs, watching and listening to the never ceasing flow of electronic impulses al- ways present in the air. Ask him about a certain message and he ' ll jump up yelling, What ' s the number on it? If it ' s lost, it didn ' t happen on my watch! The Quartermasters are a more weather beaten bunch because of the hours of watches, night and day, that they stand on the signal bridge. These ore the people with the knowledge of such forms of com- munications as flag hoists, flashing lights and sema- phore. On the bridge they send, receive and trans- late tactical signals controlling the teamwork of a group of maneuvering ships. They also have the responsibility of keeping the nautical charts and publications up to date and write the history of the ship in the deck log. The Yeomen are the men who run the ship ' s of- fice. They keep service records up to dote, and handle the ship ' s mail — operation orders, instruc- tions and other paper work necessary for the smooth functioning of a fighting ship. FRONT ROW, L. TO R.: Lo- pez, Strader. Jouett. Showal- ter, Lupo, Ingram, LTJG Clop- ton. SECOND ROW: Foster, Lang, G. R. Dubishar, Wil- liams, Lang, J. K. Turnbaugh, Blossiield, Chief Graham.