Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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S2 7he S-2 Division oT The Supply DeparTmenT is a large and imporTanT parT oT The Ship's organizaTion. Under The guidance oT LCDR J. E. Raynes and assisTed by Cl-lPCl.K N. O. Nelson, The S-2 men perform The Task of keeping up The morale of The ship. The Division consisTs OT l38 men and is divided inTo Three secTions as Tollows. The Ship Service men, beTTer known To shipmaTes as RackeTeers, underTake The Task'oT running The service acTiviTies, The never ending job oT washing cloThes, and cuTTing hair. The eTl:icienT operaTion oT The cobbler shop, Tailor shop and soda TounTain, provide all The comTorTs oT home. The cooks, who willingly provide us wiTh chow, play a very imporTanT parT in keeping up The high morale on The COLUMBUS. The long hours and cheerTul aTTiTude They have while going abouT Their iob, insure us a wholesome and palaTable raTion. -- And also leT's noT TorgeT The sTewards who prepare and serve food Tor The wardroom and WarranT OTFicer's messes. PUT crediT where iT is due, Tor These men are noTed Tor Tine Tood and service. They know Their iob and do iT well. i DespiTe The TacT ThaT our iob aT Times seemed never ending and liTTle appreciaTed, iT's been a very pleasanT cruise. fi y , . 1 l Zoo ,ig . X l Tri- ' S . E 'Li ya 4,3525 'VM No'r Mmuuo soup. r-'M usqwwcv Tl-IE Po-r. .TBM