Des Moines (CA 134) - Naval Cruise Book

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- 4. i ' • 1M 4 ' ifiP Third Row SCOTT, MOORE, ACKER, SCHWARZ, SPEARIN, FUNDERBURK, BELZ, GIBSON, CARNIGLIA, RENAULT. Second Row: COLON, MINAS, HOVIS, VOUTOUR, LT JERNIGAN, MARSHALL, O ' RILEY, MONZON, BEATTY, TOM, INGERSOLL. First Row: COX, McLEOD, GREEN, HATHAWAY, HARRIS, BARBERIO, HALL, WILLIAMS.

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT The Supply Officer LCDR R. W. Cooil. Service To The Fleet, is the motto of the Supply Corps. From the various storerooms forward to the laundry aft, the Supply Department car- ries out its many daily functions. Five separate divisions feed, clothe, and pay the men of the ship, and provide them with the materials neces- sary to keep the DES MOINES fully operative. With such elaborate func- tions. Supply might add this note -- As Supply Goes, So Goes Morale. Happy is the provider of the wine mess

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The Stores Division plays a big role in keeping the ship sup- plied with operative equipment, and procures, loads, stows, and issues some 6,000 different items of general stores, from swabs to fly swatters. It also handles some 20,000 electronic parts, 3,000 ordnance and 5,000 machinery spares. The thirty men in this division find themselves well occupied, for they must also keep records current and insure that items in the ship ' s 26 store- rooms are stacked and squared away. Their success in dealing with these tasks is substantiated by the grade of Outstanding received during the last annual supply inspection. Check-off and reference tallies -- These Navy parts catalogs sure are interesting. Do we have it? Let ' s look at the files.