Dortch (DD 670) - Naval Cruise Book

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E DIVISION These are the men who steamed the ship 58,000 miles engineering-wise. Twenty-four hours a day they did everything asked of them, answered all bells, from the tense slow speeds of Wonson harbour to the strains of full power. They come from Massachusetts to California, from Minnesota to Louisiana, yet they are as close knit a team as you ' ll find anywhere. The Navy has a much overworked phrase Well Done. It means as many things as Aloha. In this case it means a thousand words of praise. WELL DONE! Row One: D. A. Weeck, R. F. Kalin, T. C. Darst, Jr. . . . Raw Two: D. E. Hilderbrand, J. L. Cox, T. F. Fashbender, A. C. Gingras, R. L. Wilson, L. J. Lemke. . . . Row Three: N. B. Harwood, C. R. Day, E. F. San- ders, J. K. Kirby, M. W. Sim- cox, L. M. Wirtz. . . . Row Four: J. L. Curry, R. W. Hicks, R. W. Neely, W. H. Briggs, D. L. Rose, T. A. Andrus, C. H. Lynch. . . . Row Five: R. D. Clary, J. F. Boyce, A. A. Becker, L. H. Campbell, Jr., C. J. Moss. Row One: L. E. Diamond, W. I. LaCaze, ENS R. R. North, R. C. Stewart, T. M. Rudd, J. A. Ed- dins. . . . Row Two: H. R. Bush, J. May, V. D. Nickolson, W. T. Dihrberg, C. E. Blancherte, B. L. Katherman. . . . Row Three: E. J. Puska, B. I. Collins, I. E. Had- don, Jr., C. H. Weberg, C. D. Bird, M. H. Poindexter, R. E. Farris, J. E. Glover. . . . Row Four: W. J. Hinton, A. J. Grosse, A. F. Pendergrast, O. Forsberg, S. M. Gonzales, H. G. Girardi.

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H VJ 0 and C DIVISION The O and C Division ' s make up the operation department of the ship. Their main functions are to keep the ship in reliable com- munications at all times and its navigation also, which may be plotted and controlled from either the bridge or the combat information center (C.I.C.). The department consists of quartermasters, radarmen, radiomen, yeomen, and electronics technicians. The QM ' s. were responsible for all communications by lights, Hag hoists, and sema- phore. The RD ' s. primary duties are the opera- tion of various radar equipments and voice com- munications. The RM ' s. Chief Concern was C.W. communications and the performance of all radio equipment. The YN ' s were kept busy as ship ' s secretarys, handling all paper work. And last of all the ET ' s; responsible for the maintenance of all electronic equipment on the ship. This is in short the function of the opera- tions department and its personel! c ' r fi ' Y V Row One: I. j. Post, T. W. Lewis, E. O. Brumet, J. O. Fleisler, R. E. Bon Jour. . . . Row Two: D. K. McKeen, N. C. Eble, E. D. Olson, J. W. Keith, G. W. Nelson. Row One: J. E. Bailey, L. J. Gil- holy, J. O. Cox, Page, R. W. Wiencek. . . . Row Two: B. M. Schmitz, J. W. Lassiter, F. W. Stone, W. W. Imlach, B. D. Thomas. . . . Row Three: R. E. Clark, l. Israel, W. J. Dial, J. J. Rogers, R. H. Allison, W. M. Murray. . . . Row Four: Billie Davis, Curtis Elswick, Jr., H. C. Bauer, W. F. Brumleve, L. E. Weinstein, R. A. Goff.

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R DIVISION ' R ' stands for repair, but the main job of the division is preventing the need for repair. The division is made up of three separate groups or gangs divided as to the equipment they main- tain. These are the shipfitters, the electricians and the auxiliary gang. The shipfitters make up the basic group of the damage control organization. They also do most of the ship ' s force repair work, maintain the damage control equipment and lockers and maintain the ship ' s fresh and salt water systems. These men hold or are striking for Damage Con- trolman, Pipe fitter and Metalsmith rates. The electricians maintain the ship ' s power system, the ship ' s lighting system and the ship ' s intercommunication systems. The electricians are best known to the crew as the men that show the evening movies. These men hold or are striking for Electrician ' s Mate or IC Elec- trician ' s Mate rates. The auxiliary gang, or the ' A ' gang as it is commonly known, maintains most of the mis- cellaneous equipment aboard ship. A lot of the equipment has a direct bearing on the comfort of the ship. They maintain the heating system, the refrigeration system and most of the galley equipment. This includes the ice-cream machine. The ' A ' gang also maintain and operate all the internal combustion engines found on the ship. Enginemen, Machinery Repairmen and Machinest Mate rates are held by men in the ' A ' gang. Row One: J. D. Conn, J. A. Schultz. . . . Row Two: F. E. Bisson, W. G. Heirholzer, W. R. Hammock, R. F. Schuler, C. 1. Wessel, L. J. Allen. . . . Row Three: C. K. Weikle, R. L. Smith, L. M. Zulauf, B. G. Belling, E. H. Rogers, Jr. . . . Row Four: T. W. Kendzior, A. G. Repetny, J. J. Cooncy, J. R. Michels, K. L. Covill, D. A. Warznyak. . . . Row Five: C. G. Hall, J. J. Cifaratta, Jr., E. A. Frary, J. F. Christensen, J. A. Barker, C. C. Young.