Josephus Daniels (DLG 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCOR J. L. Greenwood Supply Officer Li jg J. E. Gordon Ass ' t Supply Officer Lt jg R. A. Nance Disbursing Officer SUPPLY DEPARTMENT Under the direction of the Supply Officer, the Supply Department orders, receives, stores, issues and accounts for all supplies for the ship. The department also takescareof theofficer ' s and crew ' s personal needs such as food, clean clothes, haircuts, sundries and pay. The storekeepers order, receive, store, issue and account for all supplies and equipage required aboard except ammunition, provisions and medical stores. They have approximately 40,000 different items to handle and have a proven record of doing a big job and doing it well. X The operation of the laundry, the barber shop, and the ship ' s store with its retail outlet and recordkeeping is the responsibility of the ship ' s servicemen. It is through their efforts that each man receives daily laundry service and a weekly haircut. The ship ' s store is operated and maintained by them and all profits from sales are turned over to the crew ' s recreation fund. The commissarymen order, receive and store all foods used aboard the ship. They also plan, prepare and serve three meals a day, seven days a week for a hungry crew. The food is plentiful, well-prepared and appetizing. Meal-time is always a high-point of each day and the commissarymen do not disappoint us. The stewards plan, prepare and serve all meals in the wardroom and the captain ' s mess. They maintain all officer ' s staterooms and the wardroom in an excellent manner. They perform a difficult and varied job with a pleasing and cheerful attitude. Every two weeks a pay list is posted, and each man receives his earnings. Aside from the task of disbursing money, the disbursing clerk has the responsibility of maintaining each man ' s pay record, with its many entrys, u p to date. Despite this big job, the ship has never missed a pay day.

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...Destroyermen have always been a proud people. They have been the elite. They have to be a proud people and they have to be specially selected, for des- troyer life is a rugged one. It takes physical stamina to stand up under the rigors of a tossing DD. It takes even more spiritual stamina to keep going with enthus- iasm when you are tired and you feel that you, and your ship, are being used as a workhorse. It is true that many people take destroyers for granted and that is all the more reason why the destroyer Captains can be proud of their accomplishments. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT J. E. Gordon, Lt jg Ass ' t. Supply Officer Division Officer D. D. Lawson, SKCM B. G. Helleson, SKC Dormar, J. CS1 Lucero, P. SHI Pep, L. SD1 fpi i i w Flores, A. P. SD3 Haywood, M. L. SK3 Levasseur, R.J. SH3 Lozano, A. H. SK3 Zajic, B. L. SHI Balay, A. G. SKI Velasco, D. A. SD2 Barth, J. P. CS3 Cager E. S. CS3 Castanada, A. L. SD3 Dorris, L. SH3 | Sparks, N. M. SH3