Macon (CA 132) - Naval Cruise Book

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s u p p L Y LCDR |. W Holmes Supply OHicci WesC Roxbury, Mrfsi. The Supply Department supplies everything from Mup to nut The job ot feeding and clothing the crew of over twelve hundred men i, no MinajS task, nor is the job of handling nearly seventy-five thousand dollars c.uh b monthly payday, hundreds of gallons of paint, thousands ol spare eWtronic ordnance parts. These are some of the jobs of ' ' SupjjtyOoyiji- the live divisior which make up the Supply Department. J vV Theie are many shops on board the MACON which c!m7 a ' varieiv of jiieithaiii dise and which are manned by S-1 Division. There ' s the Siatiouaiy Store oflice supplies, the Hardware Store for nuts and hojts, the Elettvonits Parts ' Shop and a Store for the tons of gear used for cleaning. l.ate at night you smelled the odor of fresh pasteiics and earlv in the nintniiig the odor of freshly baked bread. These distracting nasai attractions came from the bakery i roducts being prepared by S-2 Divisiox. Daily vou jKisscd through the chow line past the salad bar of tasty, fresh s.ilad egefal les and on infjj one of MACON ' s six messing compartments. Thcic ihiifylivc lumdicd meall are served a day at a cost of approximately forty tcius .i[)iC(c. And if you didn ' t like a particular meal-what k. do? Why just walk riglj- on down the port side of the second deck to the Sod.i FouiUain where vou ' ll Ini ' ice cream, drinks, and other lorms of gedunk. This is one of the Shij i s(r ic provided by S-3 Division. If vou need shoes, there ' s ilie Clothing and .S ' ninli Stoie ; and if you only need your shoes repaired, you can visit the Cobbler Shop. MACOi IJersonnel get their hair cut at either the Officer ' s or Crew ' s Barber Shops. Ani then, from time to time, there is also that portable Barhei Shop on tlie avii;,uic i firidge for the Captain. If that uniform doesn ' t fit i necd.s repair Iheie ' s th§ tailor shop. When that uniform gets dirty, there ' s that iniUspemable laundr the twenty-loin-hom-a-day plant on the third deck thai liclps keep ou sqiiaiect away. The Ship ' s Store takes care of your personal needs such as cj aieitesi stationary and they also have for that girl back home foreign mere li.mdise siui as French perfmne, Spanish lace and Italian leather gl DEPARTMENT The .S- Division nrans the ship ' s bank. Twice a moi amoimts to over a million and a half dollars a year. Maus ivjits of mrienrv :ir handled - francs, pesetas, Italian and Turkish lira, Maltese poumls and juo.st unportant of all the American greenback. But you had von choice when th Disbursing Olficer paid that Shore Patrol advance so baUIv needed bv thoses going on Shore Patrol. ' . The stewards who run the Wardroom Pantry and fffJev and insure .sntooth sailing in feeding the Officers and Warrant Officers arc members ol So Div ynrf They are the men behind the scene who prepare for those fot ' sle receptions um| Vardroom buffets, those birthday and retirement panics. The cleanliness ol the; officer ' s cabins and staterooms is due to their constant toil. Their exira (oiireru ' J with the ajjpearance of the Wardroom has evoked ni.nry a woul ol praise fioiiW the hundreds of foreign guests entertained on board. Yes, these divisions make up the Supply Department; these men arc the pro- viders of the things that make possible the continuetl smooth iupctioniug of the, ; internal life of the ship.

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BRIDGE OF SIGHS VENICE • LEGHORN • PISA From a single castle in the tenth century, Leghorn floinished until today it vies with Geona as the leading port of Italy. Leghorn is the home of the Italian Naval Academy and War College and still maintains its traditional heritage of religious and academic freedom for all. From Leghorn we scattered in many directions with Pisa and Florence as the main places of interest. The city of Leaning Tower fame, Pisa, bor- ders on the province of Tuscany which is re- j)utedly the most colorful section of Italy. The Leaning Tower is used to summon the towns people for services in the sparkling black and white marble cathedral and ba]Jtistry which stand nearby. The structure, began in 1174, be- gan to settle in the soft terrain before it was completed, and despite builders ' efforts to com- pensate for this, it now has a 12 foot inclination. Nearby is the city of Florence. Florence is ART! She is a city indescribably opulent in all art forms. Florence mothered the Renaissance and many of the men whose creations comprised the finest art of that period. Florence is indeed a find to all who care to see and enjoy the works of such masters as Cellini, DiVinci, and Botticelli. Here also you found the famous statue of David sculptured by the twenty-eight year old Michelangelo. You also were impressed by the towering dome of the Cathedral of Florence and the structural perfection of the Palazzo Vec- chio which served for many years as the seat of the municipal government.

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s 1 LTJG M. Greenrield S-1 Diviiion Officer Dorchester, Mass. South St. Petersburg, FU urn Crjmlon 5. R 1.