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

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DECK OUR SEAMAN SPEAK The winter days were long and cold in Inchon, Korea. They were different from those in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands; Tour- rane Bay, French Indo China; and the various Japanese ports. Then, too, the day in the Deck Department varies, depending upon our ship ' s location. Since many of our men have been aboard for three or four years, we have become accustomed to duties as demanded under the various circumstances. It isn ' t always easy, but in the Deck Department our men live up to the pride, devotion, and tradition of the naval service. The deck seaman is the one who can point to his ship and say, That is my ship and I have done my part to make her a ship that we can claim wjth pride. It is my duty to keep her white, to keep her ship shape, to make her a proud ship and to fight for her name, if necessary. I run her boats, man her wheel, and stand a vigilant underway and in port watch. I man her lines, man her ground tackle and aid her Officer of the Deck in maintaining a taut secure watch on her bridge and quarter deck. I man her booms, secure her stores, and bring aboard her sick and wounded. I am her heart, her eyes, her arms and her legs. Through me she lives so that she may complete her mission and successfully maintain the out- standing reputation which she has so deservedly earned throughout her years of commissioned service. This is the Deck Department. As a component I have done my part in aiding her to complete another successful mission. 12