Manatee (AO 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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The ship ' s administrative functions are accomplished by X Division under the direct supervision of the Executive Officer. Without the work of the Personnelmen and Yeomen, MANATEE could well have been buried under the deluge of paper work required to operate the ship in deployment. Yeoman First Howard GEIGER, in his position as Captain ' s Writer, Leading Petty Officer and administrative aide to the Executive Officer was constantly on the move coordinating the multitude of reports and letters. His relatively new group was aided by the presence of PN2 David NULL, PN3 Maury GOMBERG, YN2 Charles LEWIS and YN3 Thomas POPE. Seaman Richard REBOKUS, Jeff CORSON, Mike ANDERSON and Richard BOLOGNA quickly picked up the job. ADMINISTRATION Front Row L-R: HM2 G. PALMA, YN1 H. GEIGER. Second Row L-R: HMC R. BICE, PN2 D. NULL, HM3 W. RHODES, SN R. DAVIS, PNSN R. BOLOGNA, BTC D. KELLY. Third Row L-R: SN J. CORSON, YN2 C. LEWIS, YNSN R. REBOKUS, YN3 T. POPE. The Corpsman, also a part of X Division are MANA- TEE ' S Medical Department. Chief Corpsman Robert BICE, HM2 George PALMA, HM3 William RHODES and HM3 Rob- ert ROLLINS treated everything from strange tropical dis- eases to headaches and splinters. Discipline and military conduct is maintained by the Master-At-Arms Force, headed by Chief Boilerman David KELLY. 89

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COMMUNICATIONS Communications are vital to the operation of any ship, and the job was accomplished by the men of OC Division under Ship ' s Communicator ENS Jeff FINLEY. Working with the ship ' s communication network, the Radiomen closely monitored all traffic insuring that the broadcasts were coming in clearly and were disseminated as necessary. The heavy load on the equipment required constant maintenance. Chief Petty Officer Robert MOORE, Radioman First Mike DOYLE and Radiomen Second George KNOPF and Dennis STICKLER provided the leadership. Cruise veterans RM3 Charles SCHLEIGH and RM3 Fred RANSOM provided strong support. The Electronics Technicians were responsible for the electronic repair of the heavily worked gear. ETN2 Les CAMPBELL and ETR2 Dave KOMINAK worked to keep the gear operating. Firjl Row L-R: RM3 C. SCHLEIGH, SMSN A. GARCIA. Second Row L-R: LTJG J. FINLEY, SN J. KLEEH, SN L. BLOCKER, SMSN G. PECK, RM2 D. STICKLER, SM3 C. MORELAND, RMSN J. BANT2, RMC R. MOORE. Third Row L-Ri RMSN M. OVERY. SMSA G. BERUBE, SM2 J. HUNT, ETR2 0. KOMINIAK, ETR2 I. CAMP- BELL, SN M. SCOTT, RM1 M. DOYLE, ETR3 T. VIETS. For close communications between ships, the signalmen using flashing light, flag hoists or semaphore rapidly trans- mitted information. Under the strong leadership of Signalmen First Joe HESSEN and Signalman Second Jack HUNT, the Signal Gang kept a constant flow of information with as many as four ships in the vicinity. Since MANATEE carried the mail for the ships on the line, the job of Postal Clerk Second Mario CALANTONI, Sea- man John KLEEH and Seaman Les BLOCKER was more de- manding than during routine operations. n

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SUPPLY MANATEE not only has to support the logistic require- ments of other ships, she must maintain an independent support capability. The brunt of ensuring the ship has the supplies and services necessary for carrying out her mission falls on the Supply Department. 90