Markab (AR 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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RC DIV Chief St Leblanc making SCUDPGPS- Front Row 1 to r: SFP2 J. Tllfiffof FN J- J- Peuyr MM3 J- R' FN Su Do ' B : . . . , goxgesilemandez, SFC G. R, Myers, FN B. J. Williams, SFP8 F, L, Murray. The MARKAB is much more than a floating factory. The ship is the home for more than six hundred men: f improving habitability and insuring personnel safety i is the function of RC Division. Preventing casualties, 1 shipboard fires, and preserving water tight integrity, - 1 are a few of the jobs tackled by the Damage Control- l men. Water tight fittings, fire equipment, Nuclear, 2 Biological and Chemical detection gear are but five of the many different safety devices which the DC Shop services. The knowledge that the crew can sleep 1 soundly at night is the personal reward earned by the DC men. The Shipfitters make up the remainder of the RC Division. The Shipfitters and their tool 8: welding rods and torches, maintain the ship's hull and piping A systems when they show their age. No matter how big the job, from a split seam to a leaky faucet, the Ship- fitters are the ones who will fix it to perfection. I IETF mx ,N f --v'10'i K' ' ach ack Row l to r SFP2 E A Lakin FN vs' Q D Front Row 1 to r: DCFN W. F. Biederrpqan, lgC2kRli 1Bt1L0:1VT1i?N DCFN T. L. Hainline DCFN J. E. Bec er. 210 0 Y . P60 T. D. Corcoran, SFC,A, J, cieri Jr., DC3 P. T. Medhurst, DC3 Cagle sl his D, C. Cagle. - 5 xs -K ' ga - . u. , -- 5

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CDR C. R, Hohenstein Our office staff. With consideration for others foremost in mind, the Supply Department once again came through in providing the best material and offering the finest services that resources and operating con- ditions would permit. A supporting cast of nearly 80 men helped CDR Hohenstein satisfy his multi- ple responsibilities in the Stores-ADP, Food Service, Ship's Service, and Disbursing-Steward specialties. Maintaining some 26 storerooms containing more that 57,000 active stock items, departmental personnel managed or otherwise worked with an inventory valued in excess of 32.1 million. Many of the crew will remember Supply just on their everyday contacts and observations. Yet, for every item issued, another had to be orderedg for every service received, a bill had to be paidg for every meal consumed, another had to be preparedg for every sale in the Ships Store, a cash collection had to be processed--- an endless cycle of routine but vital monotony. Without the care and interest from this group, the many long days of the cruise might have seemed longer. And what of the crews of other ships that used our laundry, ate in our messes, and resupplied from our holds---where would they have gone? Typifying only one team of the many on board, the Supply Department is proud of its role in keeping MARKAB ready, willing and able.