Consolation (AH 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY SERVICE IS OUR MOTTO On or about 10 August the ship will sail for WesPac stocked to capacity. Those were the orders given to the Supply Officer in July. Submit your estimates and prepare your requisitions, was the word passed to the various divisions in the Supply De- partment. Soon trailer after trailer pulled along side the dock with material to be lifted aboard. Provisions — 260 tons, General Stores Material and Spare Parts — 90 tons, Ship Store Stock and Laundry supplies worth $50,000.00, Clothing and Small Stores worth $10,000.00, and just before the ship sailed the Disbursing Officer stepped aboard with a bag full of fresh green U. S. cur- rency. Supply Department all secure, ready for sea, condition BAKER set. Sir. We are underway, did we forget anything, check the list again. Baking powder, lamps 50 watt, sewing machine needles, coke syrup, electronic capacitors — How many items — Perhaps 15,000, surely we missed something. Almost eight months and several replenishments later the storerooms are nearly empty as we welcome the sight of our homeport. What does supply do? Do you need a haircut, a hash mark sewed on, to pause for a coke, a white belt, a hand hole plate gasket, a night ration, a card of bobby pins, a buffet supper in the wardroom, a pair of dungarees washed, personal effects shipped, a special pay; if so, see SUPPLY. SERVICE Is Our Motto. 10