Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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01 Division Whoever said that logistics ships really don ' t have a CIC? Obviously someone who ' s never stood a twenty hour watch making sure there are no merchants charging over the horizon, hell- bent on driving right between us and who- ever is alongside. The best and the proudest on the wa- terfront, CANISTEO ' s operations specialists have been the very heart of the Can-do Take Charge! attitude. In the past year they have organized and executed each of CANISTEO ' s rendezvous, finding everything from drug-laden sailboats to hundred-foot minesweepers in twenty-foot seas, to MSC tankers in crowded Mediterranean traffic lanes. They act as the eyes and ears of the ship, piloting us through hazardous waters, searching for things that would go bump in the night. And how ' bout that tranquil Med cruise? What comes after skunk ZZ anyway? Stores Division (S-1) The storekeeper ' s provide complete lo- gistic support for the material needs of the CANISTEO and, in a deployed environment, of the battlegroup as well. Storekeepers, alias Stores or Keys, are responsible for the proper re ceipt, ex- penditure and accounting of fuels, SAC-224 materials, and onboard stocks. The SK ' s pride themselves for achieving customer satisfaction through outstanding service relations with all shipboard divisions, and they know that at one time or another even the lowest ranking seaman will come to a storekeeper for materials. The most frustrating thing about being a storekeeper is that their shipmates truly don ' t understand what goes on behind the scenes and how difficult it is to maintain a Blue E division with superior standards of excellence in repair parts management. QM1 D. V Land QM3 R. L. Ellsworth QM3 W. T. Hollo well OS ' S SN J A, Katz OS1 W J Mewis OS2 G A. Campbell OS2 M. G. Mescner Leading Petty Officer OS2 R, A, Seay OS3 K, H, Allen OS3 B E McNary OS3 S- L Netties OSSN R. Vinson 14

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Food Services Division (S-2) It ' s an uncontested fact that S-2 Division has a greater and more imnnediate impact on CANISTEO ' s morale than any other division on the ship. They cook breakfast, lunch and dinner, as v ell as midrats, reenlistment cakes, birthday cakes, special surf-ond-turf meals, and picnics. Judging from the crew ' s partici- pation in the Jane Fonda ' s Daily Workouts, the mess management specialists must be doing something right. SURFLANT obviously agrees, since they nominated CANISTEO ' s Supply Department for the Blue E and her Enlisted Dining Facility to compete for the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for Food Service Excellence among Atlantic Fleet medium-sized afloat commands. During CANISTEO ' s two month Med de- ployment, S-2 provided over 10,000 cookies for transfer to customer ships, 3,000 burgers and hot dogs for Steel Beach picnics and over 500 pizzas for midrats pizza feasts. Not bad for a galley designed to feed a crew half the size of the ship ' s current company. Sales Division (S-3) 1987 was a great year for S-3 Division! They kicked ass and made a name for them- selves. Navy Resale and Support Office requires a stock turn of 1.33 every four-month ac- counting period. CANISTEO ' s ship ' s service- men realized an average stock turn of 2.65 — double the fleet standard — throughout all four quarters in 1987! The ship ' s store in- corporated an imaginative new product mix which helped to increase sales and add to the moral of the crew during the ship ' s hec- tic operating schedule. During CANISTEO ' s Supply Management Inspection on July 2 and 3, S-3 received grades of Outstanding in areas of Ship ' s Store Records and Returns and Service Activities, including the laundry and barber shop, making a significant contribution to CANISTEO ' s Blue E award for supply excel- lence. Additionally, the Ship ' s Store was o final- ist for the Best Sales and Service Award in the small afloat category in the Atlantic Fleet Competition. SN E. J. O ' Neal, Jr. SA C. E. Washington LTQg) R, E. Davis, Sr., SC Disbursing Sales Officer m m DK1 J, P. Quicho SHI J. Brown SH2 R. L, Singletori Leading Petty Officer Leading Petty Officer Canisteo Sailor of the Year SH3 D. M. Bell SHSN D. R. Kertulis SH3 J, M. Raczok 16