Kansas City (AOR 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Weapon ' s Division LTJG Fletcher GMGC Kreider KANSAS CITY ' S Gunner s Mores ' primory mission is ro moinroin rhe security of rhe ship. Each of rhem is fomilior wirh rhe handling and moinrenonce of smoll orms and rheir use in rhe prevenrion of sobo- roge or rerrorism. Underway, they ore prepored ro respond quickly ro small boor and lighr oircrofr or- rocks ond mines wirh rhe M60 machine gun, M79 gre- nade launcher or rhe 50 caliber mochine gun The GM ' s ore olso responsible for the handling, sroroge and rronsfer of ommunirion belonging ro rhe other ships in the bottlegroup This enrolls a working knowl- edge of ammunition identification ond the use and maintenance of hondling equipment. SR Hoyes. GMG2 Lopez ond GMGSN Inmon shoulder M-1 rifles. y ' 3 . ; -% LTJG Flercher GMG3 Wode ond GMG1 Loubscher corefully mo- nuever one of rhe mony big shells ' ' the KC supplied to the bottle- group. GMGO Wode GMG2 Doll GMG3 Morrison GMGSN Inmon GMG5A Herr SA Weed GMGSN Pierce SA Shonk 5A Griffith 5R Hoyes

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Fourth Division The Verficol Replenishment Speciolisfs ; that is what the men of Fourth Division ore known as. They ore the operotors of KANSAS CITY ' s internotionol Air- port (olios — the KC flight deck). These ore 16 of the hardest working men oboord the ship They hove conducted in excess of 270 VERTREPS this cruise, sending: sup plies, groceries, personnel, precious moil and other cargo items via HC-11 DET 11 helicopters to various ships in the bottle- group. In addition, they mointoin the oviotion sup- port equipment, man aviation fire teams, perform maintenance and upkeep for the helo hongors ond flight deck, ond keep up vorious other spaces. Many, many times during this cruise these young men started the doy well before sunrise and worked till midnight with only quick breaks for head coils and chow. In fact, the helicopters logged over 300 hours flying rime for three consecutive months of the cruise — o KANSAS CITY record — with Fourth Division supporting them every second of the way. Men like these moke KANSAS CITY the fine ship she is by living her motro: Nobody Does It Better. DM3 Summerlin DM5N Potts 5N Boco 5N Ruiz SN Madden

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5-3 Division 5H1 Geronimo 5H3 Prince pressing uniforms in the ship ' s laundry SH2 Warren 5H3 Woldorf 5H3 Pri Service with q smile The Ship ' s Servicemen aboard USS KANSAS CITY ore o rore breed of personnel. They ore hard-charg- ing men fhor render services ro rhe crew with pride ond professionalism. They perform o viral porr in maintaining rhe morale ond welfare of rhe crew. There ore rwo divisions of Ship ' s Servicemen raring onboard: Reroil and Service Deporrmenrs. The Rerail Deporrmenr consisrs of rhe Ship ' s Srore and vending machines. The Ship ' s Srore offers a wide voriery of irems from geedunk ro foreign merchondise, as well as rhe necessary roilerries and uniform irems. The sodo machines ore filled rhree rimes a doy, yer rhere ' s always o demand for more. The candy ond cigarerre mochines ore recenr addi- tions to the Retail Deportment, which widen the ser- vices for rhe crew and increases soles and profirs — which go direcrly ro KANSAS CITY ' s Welfore and Rec- rearion Fund. The Service Deportment consists of the barber shop and laundry. In rhe barber shop ore rwo newly reupholsrered barber choirs. Alrhough hair is cut the ' Navy way , they do try to cater to individuol de- ■ires and needs. They hove all rhe modern hoir cur- nng equipmenr rhor is available for rhe crew of KAN- SAS CITY. For rhis WESTPAC records show they hove :ut over 2,400 heads. The busiesr deporrmenr is rhe ship ' s laundry. Ir ronsisrs of three sixry-pound-lood washers and dryers, six pressers ond rhree commercial washers and dryers. It is open six days o week or sea. The records show rhor rhe laundry processed 240,000 pounds of bulk work for rhis cruise! Thor ' s o rremen- dous occomplishmenr by the two men ossigned there. Despite the hard work the Ship ' s Servicemen ore proud ro be of service ro the crew of rhe besr ship in rhe wesr. In oddirion ro rheir regulor accom- plishments, S-3 is proud that they achieved a grade of excellent ond earning rhe Blue ' E for Supply De- portment during the Supply Management Inspection held Aug. 17-19. They also contribured $20,000 ro rhe Welfare and Recreorion Fund for rhe occounring pe- riod of June 1 rhrough Seprember 00. 5HSN Armstrong 5H5N Jones SN Poiissocrs 5A Cooper