Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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Disbursing Division (S-4) S-4 (Disbursing) Division is responsible for maintaining more than 350 officer and enlist- ed pay accounts, making a total monthly re- sponsibility of over $180,000. Although they enjoy uncommon ship- wide popularity tw ice a month, they none- theless earn a bad reputation for themselves when new sailors check aboard. In doing their job so well, they find a lot of improperly maintained pay accounts arriving from previ- ous commands. In most cases — for exam- ple, overpayment from a previous com- mand, out of balance LES ' s, personnel not retaining receipts for depts incurred during TAD or PCS moves — it means bad news for the customer, On the other hand, DK ' s enjoy getting to know everyone on the ship. The DK1 and two DK3 ' s in the office ensure that every- one ' s pay problems get fixed as quickly and painlessly as possible. Accountability is al- ways maintained. Cargo Ammo Division (S-9) The Cargo Ammo Division (S-9) consists of those gunner ' s mates who load out and transfer munitions to the fleet. They maintain the magazine sprinkler systems, eductors and ordinance handling equipment. While CANISTEO is underway, they assist the Third Division gunner ' s mates man the 3 50 mounts and machine gun stations at GQ and Condition III, stand Main Deck Security watches, fly shotlines and tend phone-and- distance lines during unreps. During the year they successfully com- pleted three successful Ordance Handling Safety Assist Team (OHSAT), Nuclear Weap- ons Assist Team (NWAT) and Combat Systems Readiness Review (CSRR) inspec- tions. With less than a month ' s notice, they brought onboard a specially tailored load of cargo ammo for the Iowa battlegroup de- ployment. While CANISTEO was in the Med this close-knit family of nine safely transferred over 500 tons of warfare. Inport, besides maintaining and preserv- ing their magazine spaces, the S-9 gunners stand quarterdeck watches, guard paylines, and escort the disbursing officer to the bank. 18 LT(jg) E, P Voge Administration Officer NCC(SW) J, Benford Command Center Counselor ADMIN PC1(SW) A. R. Griffith PCSN W. T, Zeveney, RM1 R, C, Hart Ship ' s Postmaster Jr. Master-at-Arms HM3 A, Blacl burn, Jr. HM3 K R, Johnson YN1 W, I, Fuller Ship ' s Secretory

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