Bainbridge (DLGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supply Department On a nuclear-powered sliip which can spend months at sea the problems are new for a Supply Officer. With less opportunity to replenish stocks tliere is a great demand on tiguring and a talent tor stockpiling. The Supply Department is diarged with the responsibility ol administra- ting all financial matters concerning appropriated funds, for outfitting the ship, supplying materials and equipment required for the operation of the ship, and for administering most of the service functions of the ship. These service functions include preparation and serving of food, operation of re- tail stores, and operation of a barber shop and laundry. The department is broken down into five groups; stores, commissary, ship ' s service, disbursing, and stewards. The stores group, made up of ten men, maintains and operates twenty storerooms aboard ship. It issues everything from repair and replace- ment parts to blank forms, special clothing and housekeeping items. It controls and stows greater than 40,000 different types of materials. It operates from a specially designed and outfitted office called the Repair Parts Record Center, the only one of its kind aboard destroyer-type ships. i I » I L

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The commissary group, also composed often men, has the capacity to carry a balanced load of provisions for long periods at sea without re- plenishment and still feed wholesome, nourishing meals three times a day to about 500 officers and men. This endurance capability exceeds that of any other destroyer-type ship, and has been attained in part by careful planning and positioning of each type of provision and by the use of ration dense food. It takes greater than 225,000 pounds of food to load Bainbridge for sea. Also in the Supply Department is a ten-man ship ' s service group. This group is responsible for running a ship ' s store salesroom, two bulk store- rooms, a clothing and small stores salesroom, and a clothing and small stores bulk storeroom. On the appetizing side, the group operates three soft drink dispensing machines and a soda fountain that boasts two ice cream machines. Assorted other duties include laundry, drying, and press- ing room, and a laundry issue room. Also this group operates a two- chair barber shop. The steward ' s group is made up of eleven men who prepare and serve meals for all Bainbridge ofiicers. They are responsible for the upkeep and operation of the wardroom and lounge, the wardroom galley and stew- ard ' s mess, the Squadron Commander ' s galley and the Captain ' s galley and twenty-one staterooms plus the Captain ' s cabin and Squadron Com- mander ' s cabin. There is a two-man disbursing group to compute and distribute the pay and to handle all ship ' s finances involving appropriated funds.