Frank Evans (DD 754) - Naval Cruise Book

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. . . and recovered drones . and attended church services

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♦ ♦ ♦ and replenished our stores . . . r Replenishment of stores, like refueling, is an all hands evolution. When the replenishment detail was set men hur- ried to their stations fore and aft. They had to be in life jackets, and they had to be careful. The ship depended on underway re- plenishments for a large percentage of her food. Thus it was important that the crew do a good job. They did. Transferring stores consisted essen- tially in stringing a maze of lines between the stores ship and us and then sending across nets packed with cartons, crates, boxes and bundles of all shapes and sizes. You could always tell when the eggs were coming because of steady stream of yolk would be pouring from the bottom of the net. It was a wonder that we ever had eggs at all. But we did.

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. . and transferred mail . . and enjoyed holiday routine .