Frank Evans (DD 754) - Naval Cruise Book

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«CT What do you mean we blew a fuse, it ' s not plugged in. The Third Division in the Weapons Department is what else, but - Third Division. Composed of Sonarmen and Torpedomen with the Gunnery (not Weapons, but Gunnery) Yeoman thrown in because he has no place to go. This divi- sion is concerned with Anti-Submarine Warfare. The Division Officer , LT(jg) P. T. FINCH, had plenty of assistance (many argue that he needed it) from Chief DANGAN, GRAMLICH, TM1, and a little guy named Slim . Nevertheless Third Division copped its share of achieve- ments too. Several initial contacts and kills during ASW Exercises testify to the skill of both the Sonarmen and Torpe- doman. MR. BENSON, I told you ' gun ' is spelled Hurry up, get a bucket. Good buy, cruel world. Please, I ' d rather do it myself. But Sonarmen don ' t have to wear hats. 21

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Our Sonarmen from Left to Right: BISHOP, G.L., SOG3; CLOPTON, W.C., SOG3; HAGGARD, G.W., SOG3; KOONTZ, D. M., SOGSN and HAZE, B.J., SOG3. Bottom Row from Left to Right: COPLEN, L.W. , SN; HARRISON, W.E., SOG2; MARRIOTT, F.D., SOG2 and WOOD, E. E., SN. Chief Sonarman W. M. DAGNAN and LTJG P. T. FINCH Our Torpedomen from Left to Right: WHITE, D.W., TMSN; WILSON, R.B. TM2 ; GRAMLICH, C.P., TM1, and GILLESPIE, W.H., SN.

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering Department was ably headed by the Chief Engineer, LTJG C. A. WEEGAR. He was assisted by the Main Propulsion Assistant (MPA) ENS G. D. Vaughan; the Damage Control Assistant (DC A) LTJG T. J. KILE; and the Assistant Damage Control Assistant (ADCA) ENS D. A. NESLAND. With all these assistants it ' s a wonder anything ever got done after one person reported to the next. But that ' s real organization - and it worked. During the cruise the engineers kept the ship running over thousands of miles of ocean. They supplied it with water (over a million and a half gallons), steam and electricity and, in so doing, burned over 2 million gallons of fuel. Thus they were very busy. The snipes as they are affectionately called by their shipmates are a complicated conglomeration of differ- ent ratings which are divided among three divisions. The Log Room Yeoman, ROSENBERGER, J. A., SN and the Oil King, BENISON, W.M., BM1. The Chief Engineer, LTJG C M Division containes the Machinest Mates who work in the Engine Rooms. They were led by Senior Chief C. E. KLINKHAMER and Chief B. CANTWELL. The Forward Engine Room was run by JONES, MM2. These people stand the hours of watches in the hot cramped spaces which are the source of the ship ' s propulsion, electricity and fresh water. B Division is made up of Boiler Tenders who are known as BT ' s. They were headed by Chief C. A. BELL and Chief F. N. BRUHN with the capable assist- ance of COUTEE, BT1 in the Forward Fire Room and SMITH, BT1 in the After Fire Room. Being a BT is a tough, dirty job. It means cleaning oily bilges, changing burners when the OOD forgot forgets he ' s at standard and not flank speed, and con- tinually watching to see that the ship ' s stacks are not smoking black or white. And incidentally, standing four hours at a time next to a boiler which is heating steam to 850 degrees F. is not much fun either. Yet men like ARNOLD, BT2, JACKSON, FA and DASHIELJL , BT3 took all this in stride and turned in consistently outstanding performances throughout the cruise. The other engineering division is not so easy to define. It is R Division. The R stands for repair or relaxation or something like that. This division cannot