Moosebrugger (DD 980) - Naval Cruise Book

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STAFF ENS McLachlin DS3 King GMGl Thompson ET3 Cameron EWl Haves FTG2 Ward Advisor President Lay-Out Photographic Editor Assistant Photographic Editor Photography Staff Typist Divisional Representatives HT3 Colca R 0S2 Hawkins 01 BM2 Irizarry 1st SK3 Jones Supply IC2 Lassiter E STG3 Marple 2nd SMSN Ridley OC YN3 Weeks Navigation Photo Credits CAPT Dyer CDR Mello ENS McLaughlin ET3 Cameron HT3 Colca EWl Hayes DS3 King FTG2 Ward THE ANTLER STAFF 48 We. the cruisebook staff, never anticipated the tremendous amount of effort that would be required to produce a book of this caliber. We labored over this book a considerable number of hours while underway, and would like to thank the divisions concerned for making this time possible. Upon arrival in Charleston we spent many hours of our stand-down and liberty time to bring this book to it ' s completed form. Various obstacles were overcome, such as photo processing difficulties while overseas, and our own inexperience in building a cruisebook. The staff would like to thank ENS McLaughlin for his superb photos, and ENS Caldwell for his literary advice. The MOOSE ' S PAG, LTJG Gualandi, deserves a word of thanks for providing some helpful public affairs messages. The staff would also like to thank the crew for their cooperation and patience, especially when the individual photographs were taken. We would like to thank anyone else not mentioned in the photo credits, as we have such a long list that we can only name those who supplied major contributions. In close, we would like to thank the wives and families of the men serving on USS MOOSBRUGGER, as it took everyone ' s cooperation to make this book a success.

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Med Cruise Statistics When the MOOSE shifts colors she becomes a temporarily self-sufficient city. To support her. many daily supplies are needed, such as food, fuel, and various other sundry items. The ship has the facilities to provide MOOSE sailors with all their essential needs and even some luxuries, from soap to cameras. We have compiled a short list of statistics for a not-so-average deployment (86% of the cruise was at sea). The crew consumed over 220,000 dollars in food at an average of six hundred and eighty dollars per man. The following is a partial breakdown of some of the items consumed: Steak ,5187 LBS at 16 LBS per man Lobster 1085 LBS at 3.3 LBS per man Fruits and Vegetables 30,640 LBS at 95 LBS per man Eggs 62,640 eggs at 193 per man Coffee 2120 LBS at 209 cups per man While underway for lengthy periods of time the crew can ' t run out to the nearest department store, so the ship ' s store becomes the next best thing. Some of the more popular items the ship ' s store carried during this cruise are summarized in the following list: Total Per Man Total Sales Cigarettes 3480 ctn. 10 ctn. ,$13,920.00 Cassette tapes 1670 5 $ 9,262.00 Cassette players 52 i s of crew $ 6,552.00 Cameras 93 ' A of crew $13,950.00 Snickers 7608 23 $ 1,920.00 Toothpaste 1860 5 $ 1,860.00 Sodas 93,418 280 $23,354.50 Now, to mention a few of the more essential items; the crew used approximately 5800 rolls of toilet paper at 18 rolls per man, or 30 rolls per day. To help relieve the discomfort of a variety of ailments about 3,254 pills were dispensed by the Hospital Corpsmen. To provide a little discomfort to hostile forces, 110 five inch rounds (almost four tons of steel and high explosives) were fired under combat conditions, with a total of 280 rounds fired during the entire cruise. During our deployment the MOOSE logged over 62,000 nautical miles, consuming 4,733,782 gallons of marine diesel fuel, at approximately 76 gallons to the nautical mile. While deployed, our fuel and supplies were delivered during over 40 underway replenishments and 1250 flight deck evolutions, with the Moose ' s Goose and various other helicopters using 85,287 gallons of JP-5 jet fuel. It is a tremendous endeavor to support a ship of this size and the accomplishment of this task exhibits the flexibility and mobility of U.S. Naval Forces today. 49