Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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Mountains of that green stuff You don ' t have to understand how it works. Just issue it.

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1 3 I f % FRONT ROW: Warren, B.R., Gacy, W.M., Bowman, A. R., Weber, L.D., Hertenstein, M.E.. SKCA, CWO J.J. Kelly, Ubaldi, E. T., DKCA. Brumfield, D. M., Filer, N. W., Arinduque, C. (n . SECOND ROW : Winston, E. L., Arritt, C. E., Rajala.D.R., Farley, H.F., Jeppesen, D.L.. Burkhardt, H.N., Jr., Gilbert, F.L., Farris, G.Q., Griffin, C. A., Kicklighter, D.A., Pawlowski, J.C. THIRD ROW: Turner, R.W., Tresso, R.L., Lamentino, V. (n), Squier, G.E., Bodanza, J.F., Lange, R.E., Cunningham, L.E., Delp, G.W., Talalai, R.A., Beecroft, R.W. CWO J. J. Kelly The Sierra-One division aboard ship is made up of storekeepers and disbursing clerks. The ordering and issuing of supplies and keeping of pay records are the chief responsibilities of this division, which is under the supervision of CHPCLK J. J. Kelly, Stores Officer and Division Officer, ENS P. D. Sullivan, Disbursing Officer, M.E. Hertenstein, SKC, and A. R. Bowman, L.P.O. The storerooms are broken down into two main groups. Forward G.S.K. is the main storeroom, where all office supplies are kept. In the forward storerooms you also have the line locker, paint storeroom, foul weather gear, dishes and silverware. Five men handle the job of making issues. The after G.S.K. storeroom stocks hardware, rags and aviation gear. Two men are in charge of issuing stock back there. There are two electronics storerooms, and two ordnance storerooms, which carry equipment needed for the guns. In the spare parts storeroom, which is staffed by two men, we carry the parts that may be needed in any machine or engine. The supply office is where all the ordering of stock is done. Records, such as the department budget and the ship ' s allotment and correspondence work, are handled here. Chief Hertenstein is in charge, and has eight men working under him. The disbursing office, under the supervision of Chief Ubaldi, is where the pay records are kept, allotments started and stopped, bonds taken out and pay rolls made up. That, in a nutshell, is Sierra-One division.

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ENS Pryce Whenever the familiar call chow down rings out over the IMC, the S 2 division is on the line, striving to make the Columbus the best fed ship in the fleet. The life of a gentleman chef is not so easy as it may seem to the onlooker in the chow line. Reveille goes at 4 : 30 in the morning, and the galley is often not secured until after seven in the evening. However, the liberty is good and the cooks have taken advantage of it during the cruise, establishing the division as the one which will be missed the most in the Far East when the Columbus returns to the States. Stew Miles runs the galley and associated spaces with the help of his smiling watch captains, Beans Anderson and The Greek Manousos, both CS1. Our leading petty officer, Mad Russian Gregovich, another CS1, keeps the division running smoothly and still finds time to stay in the running for the ship ' s lip-battling championship. Leon the Lion Manchester keeps the bookwork up to snuff with the help of his good man Goodwin. The position of chief griper is hotly contested by Ski Dabkowski, in charge of the reefers , and The Mole Strong, who can be found burrowing in his bulk storerooms any Monday or Thursday. Waites, CS2, has charge of the butcher shop, and manages to keep it one of the most immaculate spots on the ship, in addition to turning out choicely cut meats. The administration of the messmen is the responsibility of Weber, RDC, and his assistants Burke, BM1, and Phelps, EN1. The men in the bake shop have maintained a reputation for producing only the finest in bread and pastries. FRONT ROW: Beauchemin, N.G., Martindale, J.M. SECOND ROW : Strong, W. P., Dabkowski, H. P., Lindsay, R.L., ENS W.T. Pryce, Miles, W.R., CSC, Gregovich, F.T., Manchester, L.D., Manousos, S.J., Anderson, H.B. THIRD ROW: Gray, A.E.,WiUever, R.E., Byers, R.N., Quade, J.M., Levicy, W.M., Goodwin, E.E., Schlegel, D.C., Grow, D.E., Feeler, W. L., Pritt, D., Waites, B.J. FOURTH ROW: Wishnovitz, J.R., Bumgardner, F.R., Stevens, C, Stacey, D.E., Markham, J.C., Gummo, R.B., Betts, J.C., Larsick, P.R., Baker, R.J. «; F 7 m m