Cascade (AD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT It was the responsibility of Supply to provide the various departments and other ships with the material required in accomplishment of their functions. Subsist- ing and paying personnel, maintaining prescribed records and rendering pertinent reports and returns were other momentous tasks. In addition to the above, port service bills, support of the Service Force Sixth Fleet with every- thing from a floating commissary to a package store, was an extra burden which was handled by Supply Department. Lieutenant Commander Comstock was in charge of this large group until shortly before departure for the States, when he became ill and was transferred to a hospital. The personnel of the Supply Department wish to extend a Well Done and hearty thanks to the men of other departments that assisted in the handling of the several hundred tons of material received during the cruise. LCDR COMSTOCK SC. Supply Off. IS THAT ALL I GET? ' WE ' RE SHORT 50

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The torpedomen under the supervision of Chief Under- water Technician P. W. Dennis, answered all requests for torpedoes and torpedo overhauls. The divers kept the situa- tion well in hand relative to underwater work. The remainder of the versatile R-4 Division rendered other varied services which the Sixth Fleet destroyers needed. Calculators, typewriters, and watches were repaired and over- hauled by the Instrumentmen. The opticalmen, with many binoculars and navigational instruments to restore to satis- factory operating condition, were seldom idle. Ordnance men and Fire Control Technicians frequently teamed up to restore the various destroyer gun batteries to top notch operating condition. The Print Shop gang, keeping the busy presses rolling, accomplished all printing as requested by the destroyers tended, and fulfilled the printing requirements of the Service Force Sixth Fleet command as well. This vital division was a key factor in the fine services rendered by the CASCADE and was under the direction of Chief Ordnance Control Technician H. D. Christensen, R-4 Division Officer. R-4 DIVISION CW03 H. D. CHRISTENSEN Ordonance Rep. Off. Back Row: Clarke, Nicklo, Andrews, Van Bergen, Wise Second Row: Carter, Cooke, Tremblay, Champaigne, Schopmire, Scherer Third Row: Wade, Andrews, Beyer, Lacey, Spates Front Row: Snook, Thompson, Losito, Harris.

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SI DIVISION WOI L. T. MITCHELL Asst. Supply Off. ENS. D. R. TRABUCCO SC. Disbursing Off. Bock Row: Erby, Goeke, See, Sack, Dietz Second Row: Tebon, Corpenter, Knowles, Eck, Bortleson, LoPlonte, Brownlee, Snyder Third Row: Bridges, Buchman, Slater, Doyle, Hutchinson, Sontore Front Row: Hetten, Olsen, Kettts, Thibodeou, Halperin.