Castor (AKS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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S-1 Division is directly charged with the mission of this ship — to furnish mo- bile logistic support to other SEVENTH Fleet ships both in port and at sea. The Stores Group man the ship ' s five cargo holds which have been converted to bin and bulk storage for over 23,000 differ- ent items of stock. They are in charge of the receiving, issuing, stowage, and inventory of stock. The Control Group runs the Electron- ic Accounting Machine room around the clock and processes requirements from customer ships as they come off the ra- dio wires. They also furnish a listing of stores issued for the customers as well as re-ordering material to replace stock which has teen issued. The Admin Group must assure that supply needs for CASTOR are met. DP2 Grodls supervises an up-date of the stock battery in preparation for a re- order. CASTOR has latest EAM gear. CONTROL AND ADMIN GROUPS S-l Division— Control and Admin Groups: Front row; DP2 Grodis,SK2 Varnes,SKC Smith, SKC Walker, SKI Bonoan, SKI Duico. Second row; SK3 Jones, SK3 Beyers, SK3 Normand, CT2 Carney. Third row; SA McAlary, DP3 Wendegatz, DPSN Wade, SK3 Winfrey, DPSN Tippett. Not pictured are DP2 Kulle, SN Gerber, DPSN Powers, SN Betts. ¥ J

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S-1 STORES GROUP vk V t 1 u m-% f jt ..jm.. ■ m s-1 Division- -stores Group: Front row; SKI Foster, SKI Campbell, SKCM Snethen, SKI Tll)ayan, SKI Malinao, SKI Umali. Second row; SK2 Herrerra,SK2 Minas,SK2 Blanc, SK2 Pizarro, SK2 Blackwell. Third row; SK3 Hughes, SN Alexander, SK3 Chapman, SK3 Frazier, SN Lloyd, SKSN Case, SK3 Carpenter, Fourth row; SN Darwin, SN Elder, SN Robinson, SK3 Curran, SN Herman, SN Moret-Sanchez, SN Granda, Not pictured are SKI Plant, SKI Richardson, SK2 Mayhall, SK3 Harris, SKSN Mlldner, SKSA Saenz. Supply Office Storekeepers work in air conditioned com- fort keeping records. Fleet Issue assistant SK3 Chapman is a specialist In customer service field.

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A,B,M A, B, and M Divisions: Front row; ENL Cruz, MMC Oerhne, BTC Looney, MMC Willhite, MMC Merritt, BTCS Shaw. Second row; BT3 Morrow, MM3 Wright, MM2 Jones, MMFN Barlow, FA Green, MMFN Bass, MM3 Messer, FN Hubbard. Third row; FN Simoneaux, BTl Chadbourne, FA Fioohan, MM3 Williams, MM3 Bostock, FA Mace. Fourth row; MMFN Funk, FN Broda, SFM2 Williams, BTFN Stacy, MM3 Parker, BT2 Dearinger, FA Reynolds, FN Carpenter, FN Caynor, FA Selby, FA Pomlecko. Missing are MMl Barclay, MM2 Dizon, BT2 Walker, MM3 Green, MMFN Stanley. Existing light In Englnt Room creates abstract pattern of pipes and gages. A Division is composed of Enginemen and Machinistmates. Their primary re- sponsibilities are the operation and main- tenance of the diesels, boat motors, refrig- erated spaces, air conditioners, compres- sors, and the machine shop. B Division is the Boilertenders. who must take care of the ship ' s boilers and boiler accessories, keep the ship on an even keel through fuel distribution, and man the refueling detail. M stands for Machinistmates, the men who are responsible for the main propul- sion machinery, the fresh water evaiwra- tors. the steam turbine, the turbo-genera- tors, and various pumps. One can readily see that these men in actuality have but a common job--that of furnishing jwwer and propelling the vessel. Somehow they always seem to be able to get us back to home port just an hour or two early.