Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supply Office McCoy, T. J. ; Lcdr. F. B. Cosby ; Cdr. H. F. Humphreys Lcdr. F. B. Cosby Ass ' t Supply Officer 286

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Cdr. H. F. Humphreys Cdr. Harvey F. Humphreys was born in Nevada City, California, and graduated from the University of California. He was commissoned through V-7 training. From 1942 to 1946 he served in various Line Officer billets. At that time he transferred to the Supply Corps. After several im- portant jobs, including Supply Officer at NAS Moffett Field, he was assigned to the Naval War College Staff. From there he came to the Midway. supply DEPARTMENT Long before ships grew to be three football fields long (in fact, long before there were football fields), a man named Henry invented a few little navigational instruments which made it possible for his ships to sail repeatedly on journeys out of sight of land. Long journeys were nearly possible. The only problem remaining was how could the ship ' s crew be fed? Through numerous contributions and advancements, the Supply Department has grown to its present size and ships now can stay at sea almost indefinitely. A modern carrier is a complicated structure of human and mechanical machinery. This structure must be constantly fed a supply of everything from Wesson Oil to Avgas. Parts for all machinery must be stocked and available immediately when needed. This is the job of the Supply Department. Not only must they provide for the needs of the Midway, but because a carrier is the largest and best equipped ship in the fleet, our Supply people must also be ready to help the destroyers and even the support ships with supplies when needed. it is a credit to the evolution and planning of the modern supply system as well as to the men and officers of the Supply Department that they are able to do this job so well. 285

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Lcdr. H. L. Lane S-l Division Officer S-1 started as a simple general store and through years of development, experi- ment and re-design it has evolved to a complicated general store. The little vil- lage this division serves needs over 40,000 spare parts for its equipment. In addition to this, it needs office supplies, tools and just plain general hardware. When someone desires an item they simply fill out an ' 1150 and submit it to S-l. This system works fine as long as each office saves one unused 1150 so they can order more 1150 ' s. ' The storekeepers of S-l stock, store and somehow locate all the many varied items which are needed. 1TOPI : Jones. R. L. ; Brown. E. D. H. ; Alt, K. .M. ; McLean. T. C. ; Prescotc. R. W. ; McCoy. T. J. ; BOTTOM : Loar. A ; Santos, A. Q. ; Mendoza. I,. I. ; Salom. R. S. : Allis.jn. G. L. : Lcdr. H. L. Lane. l i ■