Pine Island (AV 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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s-ii DIv1s1oN 2 K y . The Supply Department aboard the- PINE ISLAND is made :up oftvvo divisions-S-1 and S-2. The former is composed of storekeepers, shipfs servicemen and commissarymen. The latter of stewards and cooks. ,. It 'is the job of the storekeepers to procure, receive, stow and issue most of the suppliesfor -the ship. It is also their responsibility to supply the commissary with all essential provisions for cooking and baking and to insure an adequate supply of items for the Ship's'Store and Small Stores. The S-2. Division takes care of the up- keep ofthe wardroom, pluscooking and preparing meals for the ship's officers. The first of the supply officers to report aboard was LtJG. RJ. Kessler, Disbursing Officer Who became the S-2 Division Officer. Second aboard was CHPCLK R. A. Meinrod, followed by CHPCLKC M. E. Ward. LCDR J. P. Murphy, department head, checked in from the Naval Sup- ply Depot, Norfolk, and shortly thereafter ' LtJG. W. E. Treptow joinedius. Mr. Meinrod Was assigned as Stores Officer and,S-1 Division Officer, Mr. Ward was appointed Commissary Officer and Mr. Treptow took over as Ship's Store Officer. A C , ' There were only two chief petty officers aboard at commissioning: O. C. Sheets, SKQ and C. J. Rehlin, AKC. Aijnong the first white hats to join the division vsiere: Whelan, SK1, Snead, SKlg Dickerson, SK3f Morse, SKS, Titus, SK3, Humphreys, SKlg. Beach, SK3g'Murchison, D.K1g and Crossley, SK3. . There were only four men in the Disbursing Office at that time, yqith W. C. Murchison, Ry W. Saunders Winey, assisting Ltr Kessler. These felloviis didpan admirable job in handling pay accounts. I a Our biggest job, Iwakuni was keeping the planes of PATRON in the air, and, it being winter, proved to be rnore of a .headache than normally would be eigpected.. It proved incon- venient 'bringing supplies' from the rail center through blustery storms to the ship but Supply livediup to its name rand accomplished the task in short order. A s Q- - -t -24 '

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During our stay at Ivvakuni we unfortunately lost one of our storekeepers when Robert A., Arnold, SKSN, died at ' the Naval Hospital, Yokosuka. His death was caused by an internal ailment, the full seriousness of which was not even realized by Bob until the time of his death. It was a great shock to Supply to learn that Bob had passed away. Our 'commisseration to Bob's family and friends back in Maryland ' cannot be expressed too strongly. , p It was, while we were in the Pescadores that We had a change of Division Officers when Lt. W. R. Wallinan checked in from Supply Officer Training School, Bayonne, N. J., to re- place LUG. Treptovv. 'Among the ,first ship's servicement aboard Were Clark, Tuzzolino and Kalinski. W. W. Cathey reported shortly thereafter and began operations in the tailor shop. The Barber Shop was put in charge of Peterson, ADE2, and, assisted by 'Harris, Kennedy, Evans, 'Tanner, Miller and -Travis, they tried to keep' from 900 to 1,000 men prepared for inspections so far as. haircuts were concerned. V ., The Ship's Store was operated by D. V. Morse, SK3, and the soda fountain by B. SP. Pulos, SN, M. Morris, SN, M. D. Ugle, SN, W. C. Mudge, SNg'and J. Collier, SN. . The lone chief'ship's serviceman aboard was W. H. Knopp and he. did -an excellent job of keeping the coke machine and soda fountain operating as often as Was' humanly possible. ln addition, Chief Knopp supervised the barber shop and Ship's Stores activities. Although the mess hall did not officially open until the day of commissioning, a number ofcooks and bakers had already reported aboard. These included: Forsythe, Falkenstein, Cirby, Lewis, Azevedo, Wenck, Genco, Steuart and Capetta. By the time We had left the States We had added D. E. Facklam, CSC, and J. C. Zinky, CSC. 25