Frank Evans (DD 754) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supply Officer, LTJG R. L. HAHN a; Typical spread on the Mess Decks. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT LTJG R. L. HAHN, our Supply Officer during the cruise, headed the smallest department on board. But without it the other three could not operate. The supply department personnel cook the crews food, cut its hair, sell it cigarettes, pay it, do its laundry and supply it with repair parts. Just the cooking and paying would be e- nough to justify the department ' s claim to importance. However, the supply department had another unique claim to fame. It was the only department on board with two offices. The other three departments had only one each. The in-port office was located just outside after officers on the starboard side. It has typewriters, filing cabinets and everything an office should have. The other office was used only on special occa- sions - at sea, sea state over 1. There are five ratings represented in the supply department, Chief J. J. VILEMARETTE was the department ' s leading petty officer. He also led the storekeepers, one of the five ratings. Other storekeepers on the cruise were DIERKS, SKI, CAMORAS, SK2, ROSS, SK3 and KELLER, SKSN. These men handled the 19,000 spare parts on board, . 1 m 3 y a . ' - m

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Looks like the Officers burned out another bulb in their projector. Ouch, my finger is black and BLUE. ' That Shadow is too much. OK, what ' s NEXT on the list? Feeding this mouse once a week is a pain in the neck. Get a bigger hammer, that ought to do it. 28

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To the left, Top Row: From Left to Right: Our Ship ' s Barber, ROSSI, M. A. SA, and Ship ' s Servicemen, KUYKEN- DALL, W. S. , SN and GAHR, H. W. , SN. Bottom Row: Left to Right: COURTRIGHT, D. C. , SH2 and SCOTT, W.C. , SH2. Sorry, we ' re all out of beer. parts on board, and when these were not sufficient, they obtained what were needed. They were on call night and day to break out the parts for the technicians who worked on the ship ' s equipment. The stewards take care of the officers. This is no easy job because officers need a lot of care. GUNDAYOA, SD3, PASTOR, SD3, VIRAY, TN, JANE, TN, and RAVELO, TN, usually gathered in the wardroom pantry when not cleaning staterooms or preparing the delicious meals which kept most of the officers promising to start their diets next week . Being on the ship flying the official Ney Award Flag for 1963 the comissarymen had quite a tradition to maintain on the cruise. With GROSS, Oops, now I know why they keep the first aid kit near. ' You ' re missing ALL your buttons this time? 30