Neosho (AO 143) - Naval Cruise Book

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llF Xi Moving norTh wiTh a hunTer-Killer group lAnTie- Tam, Two submarines, and eighT cansl primed as a midshipman air cruise, The NEOSI-IO made a Tive day sTop in l-laliTax, Nova ScoTia in July oT her TirsT operaTing year... While The oTher members oT The Task group lay along The Town side, The ship docked aT The Gun WharT in DarTmouTh iusT below The bridge . . . and There was much good sighTseeing: The CiTa- del, TorTress sTronghold overlooking The ciTy,'wiTh The mariTime and miliTary museums, ciTy hisTory and, parTicularly, pho-Tos oT The World War I explosion which killed abouT 2000 l-laligonians and oT The convoys which assembled over 30.000 ships There during World War ll . . , Dalhousie and ST. Mary's UniversiTies . . . The Town Cloclc . . . BesT oT all were The parTies given by l-TMCS STadaco-na, The Canadian Naval Base . . . Tor oTTicers and enlisTed men . . , The hospiTaliTy oT The very generous I-laligonians . .. Q w1swW,,.M me sr 7, f so -

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C1 P A-. Twig? ,X f E-3 fit lY is 'Q' uw 5 LTJG Daniel J. KOCZOROWSKI Supply Officer There are Three Things a supply officer dislikes when he's in The line of duTy: money, ice cream and line officers wiTh a superiorify complex. So, when someone says When's payday? lor a variaTion, lu need special pay l. When'sz geedunk gonna' open? for anoTher varlaflon. When'sza sTore gonna' open? 7 or Boy, ThaT Supply's a rackeT -all 9006 supply officers geT a glazed look in Their eye and are noT responsible for Their acTions. You can Tell The NEOST-lO's supply personnel by ThaT wild-eyed look. lip To Their ears all day in sTores, spare parTs, records, figures, eTc., you noTice Them creep ouT of ThaT office abou+ l.95O wiTh chairs on Their backs, squlni aT The brighT moonlighT and peer aT The nighT's movie lThey favor murder naysfiriesl, only To be drawn back To a midnighT vigil over pay records and T e i e. AcTually They don'-T do anyThing. You walk inTo The Supply Office and iT auTomaTically seTs off a pre-arranged plan-TypewriTers clickling, adding machines buzzing, pens scraTching, and a IoT of confusing Talk abouT 'ob orders, code numbers, dollars and cenTs. And you can never Talk To Them for fear you're inTerrupTing some imporTanT ThoughT. BUT The minule YOU walk ouT of There They laugh and laugh, for They've fooled you again. . Of course all of Supply is noT The office, There's associaTed indusTrIeS2 cooks, medics, sTewards, laundrymen, barbers, Tailors. They all seem To work hard Too. YeT. we have To say, WhaT would we do wiThouT Them? -buT we hope They don'T hear iT.