Menifee (APA 202) - Naval Cruise Book

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DIVISIID The Supply Department, S Division, is the outfit that gives the Menifee her resemblance to a city. General stores, food preparation, the bar- ber shop, laundry, disbursing, all are under S Division supervision. With the job of run- ning these services, a smooth-working S Di- vision is the differencebetween a well-fed, neat, clean and pogey-bait munching crew and the opposite. Pl quick run over the division's 62 men shows them in the following jobs: Victor and Sailor, in clothing and small stores, are the dungaree-disbursers. Fronk, No 'Cam- els'-you want 'Luckies'? , ship's store. Gen- eral Stores , meaning just about what it says- covering everything, handled by Hansen. Neff, handling those crisp tens as carelessly as though they were requests for leave-disbursing store- keeper. Nick Nickolson, wrassler with supply office paperwork and headaches. Switzer and Baker are those men of prestige and power, leading P.G.'s in the galley. Hol- land, bakeshop and violin specialist. Kimber- ling, with his officers' cooks and stewards, re- sponsible for the general increase in waistlines among the gold-braid. Iohnson and Bessette in charge of the laun- dry- l-ley, where's me skivvies? Qnd Foster and Kennison, barbers and bulkhead pinup specialists, whose work inevitably piles up as we near those lovely States. Mr. Welsh, officer in charge of the galley, came across with some interesting dope on how much hash the boys have slung and how much slum they've burned. ln ll months, the Menifee put out 811,923 meals at an average cost of 22C per meal. Going into these meals were ll-0,825 pounds of fresh fruit, 416,740 pounds of spuds, l25,785 pounds of flour, lO3,- 946 pounds of sugar and over a half million eggs. f Now all messcooks, 4th section watchstand- ers and politicians go to the head of the chow me ff ZH' w if 1 ivy f Z ii' lg 7 X M f if i 1 l' . QQ

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Titivating really means something to the men in the R Division. Since the Ship was put in com- mission, their jobs have not only been many and varied, but their services have been constantly in demand. Seen all hours of the day with their ham- mers, saws, cutting torches and Welding equipment in use, these boys have a never ending job of build- ing, repairing and remodeling. Their accomplish- ments are very much in evidence and the demands made upon them come from every department and division aboard. No iob has been too small or too large. From brackets on the bulkhead to complete compartments are their daily tasks. To name a few of their jobs is only a small credit to their ingenuity, for the R Division has constructed a most complete and elabor- ate carpenter shop located on the fosc'l deck, and a fully equipped and well designed barber shop for- ward starboard side, main deck. Recently, port holes have been placed in the Wardroom and Sick Bay, with more to be added in various and compartments of the ship. For the invasion of Qkinawa, five punts were built to handle the transfer of cargo over the reefs. Pit Nagasaki twenty-four scaling ladders for the sea wall were constructed to enable the success- ful landing of tro'ops. Under the direction of Carpenter Klinefelter, the division maintains a constant vigil of repair and maintenance of the ship's intricate system of plumb- ing, water systems and hull fittings. lt has been ob- served that this ship has done more construction building and improvement of ship's gear than any HPR of its type.

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