Dyess (DDR 880) - Naval Cruise Book

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nee upon a time not long ago there was a tiny ship and her name was Dyess. Dyess lived in a little town called N ewport, Rhode Island K although not very often One day the CNO f who lived z'n this Great Castle in Washington D. C. j decided to send Dyess to the 'QMEDD to show the flag and to go and search for the Golden Goose? All the peo le on Dyess wanted to sta home longer this time and some did , but the C250 was rich and powerful so Dyess sai ed off to the Edge of the Earth and ......................... oooo 1

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,z .AI mill Engineering ' '2 LT Benson was commissioned through the OCS program in 1961 and reported aboard the USS TIOGA COUNTY ILST-ll58I as Communications Officer and subsequently Operations Officer. This initial sea tour was followed by duty on the OCS Staff. The next two years were spent at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Naval Engineering Curriculum. Upon completion of PG School, LT Benson went to the Naval Destroyer School prior to reporting aboard DYESS as the Chief Engineer. P N ' I 1-,.--, 1 1 4 A it I I I gui., E. Vt le f 9.1: f,,..f' In LT. BENSON ENGINEERING OFFICER ff : I J I lv l 5 F' It LTJG STRUNK LTJG HOFFMAN . MAIN PROPULSION DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT ASSISTANT BTC ARNOLD B DIV CPO if I Docs NAGY 1vnvIcE1.l.lNwooD spew: JAMES EM OWN 34 fs!-1 . f d I BR l R DIV CPO M DIV CPO ENGINEERING LEADING ADMIN ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN V I E v 4 -A a wvv- i ANA- N : A. .:-...-..1H,5T,,: .':',:+:':r,.4-L.z'.:xr -:'.:,':.' : 12- -4-' q.,4-Na -i-1-w,g...,vf.,,,1 -A-,, ,Y . . .... -.,

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