Dahlgren (DLG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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S DIVISION DEPARTMENT S Division, better known as Supply Depart- ment, conducted its business behind the scenes, as usual during the 1974 Med cruise. Food preparation was expert if not always met with enthusiasm. It is an often overlooked fact that Navy food is made with a certain lack of spices in order to offend the fewest people, not the most. Sumptuous fantail barbecues were held whenever the weekend weather per- mitted. The DAHLGREN ' s baker turned out delicious bread and other goodies night after night. One of the SD ' s demonstrated consid- erable literary ability, and went to the Sixth Fleet finals of a Navy-wide talent contest. Ship ' s servicement weathered good-natured abuse as they provided their necessary and valuable services. The ship ' s store is never open. My drawers are yellow and my under- shirts are two sizes too small. What do you mean I need a haircut? I just got one this morn- ing! Money matters for the DAHLGREN ' s 365 man crew were efficiently handled by the ship ' s disbursing clerks. The DP ' s struggled va- liantly to keep the DAHLGREN ' s experimental mini-computer on the line and allow its use in supply matters. Ship ' s storekeepers labored long and hard to order, stock and issue spare parts essential to keeping the DAHLGREN a vi- able Sixth Fleet asset. Their jobs distinctly unglamorous, the men of the Supply Depart- ment provided vital services without which the ship would have rapidly lost its ability to function. 1 T j 1 5 Ml