Frank Evans (DD 754) - Naval Cruise Book

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The EVANS Stewards Mates: From Left to Right: JANE, J. A. , TN; VIRAY, A. A. , TN; GUNDAYO, SD3 and RAVELO, N. M. , TN. CS1 and MARCHBANKS, CS2, leading them, men like EDWARDS, CS3, and KNIGHTEN, SN , prepared three meals a day to feed the 250 man crew. A ship at sea is very dependent on her cooks. As goes the food so goes morale. Every- one looks forward to meal time because there is nothing else to look forward to. Thus the fact that the EVANS boasted an outstanding record at sea during the cruise speaks very well for her cooks. In addition the ship again was chosen to represent the squadron in the competition for the New Award. GASCON, DK2 was the only disbursing clerk on board. He kept the over 250 pay records up to date. This included calcu- lating each man ' s pay once every two weeks, filing allotments , deducting in- come tax and social security, figuring pay raises and turning out the W-2 forms for each man ' s income tax return. He and LTJG HAHN paid the crew over 150,000 dollars in cash on the cruise. The ship ' s servicemen were led by SCOTT , SH2. He along with COURT- WRIGHT, SH2, and KUYENDALL, SN, ran the ship ' s laundry. This was an around the clock job both at sea and in port. Washing and ironing clothes for 250 men is no small job. Another ship ' s service job is cutting hair. On the cruise ROSSI, SN, accom- plished this herculean task. He was most happy around inspection time. He usually ended up cutting the whole crews hair in 1500 ' s carrying late sleeping a little too far MIIMMUtD uATE SLEEPERS I ' ve tried Comet, it doesn ' t work ' 31

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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

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Our Commissarymen: Top Row: Left to Right: GARZA, G. L. , SA; HILL, W. R. , SA; MARCHBANKS, E. W. , CS2 and EDWARDS, S. K. , CS3. Bottom Row: Left to Right: KNIGHTON, L. L. , SN and GROSS, S. P. , CS1. Below are some of our Mess Cooks, From Left to Right: FEDRIK, B.C., SA; ADAMS, M. D. , FA; LOERTSCHER, D.L. , FA; GILLISPIE, W. H. , SN; WHEATLEY, C. E. , FTGSN; HAYINGA, D. L. , RMSN and COFFEY, J. D. , SN. If you want a sandwich, go to Main Control- ' two days. When one inspection was can- celled two weeks in a row he almost cut his throat. A final job of the ship ' s serviceman is running the ship ' s store. GAHR and AUSTIN both SN handled this task. Three times each day the store opened at sea. The most popular items were cigarettes and candy. Radarmen bought most of the former while MARRIOTT, SOG2 pur- chased most of the latter. The coke mach- ine on the mess decks also came within the cognizance of the ship ' s store. When it was working, which was occasionally, it was overworked. Thus the Supply Department provides services and supplies for the rest of the crew. Although it has very little to do with the actual naval operations of the ship, without it, there would be no such operations. This department ' s chief concern is the everyday necessities of the ship. Its effort make living on board possible. Merry Christmas