Dortch (DD 670) - Naval Cruise Book

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tlCJJ S DIVISION If you can possibly imagine just how many potatoes, chickens, loaves of bread and candy bars it takes to feed a crew of three hundred and twelve hungry men for a period of eight months, you will realize that Supply had its hands full circumnavigating the globe. And spare parts, too . . . everything from a Dixie cup to a Coke machine. Here are just a few of the figures: 43,269 pounds of meat, 57,625 pounds of potatoes and 38,832 candy bars!!! It wasn ' t an easy job to get that chow out during some of those periods of rough weather we hit, either. Those thirty-five degree rolls certainly did raise havoc in the galley. And it was always an ordeal to locate stort when we pulled into some of those foreign ports. One storekeeper reported having to pick our own pears from an orchard in Sasebo, Ja- pan. Everyone seemed to change into Dress Blues when the stores came aboard, too. The Medical Department had it ' s job to do, too. In the hot climates of Panama and Japan it was Athlete ' s Foot and heat rash and in the cool weather of France and Portugal it ' was running noses and sore throats. The combined efforts of the Medical Department and the APC tablet kept the crew in healthy shape. Bow One: D. E. Sheets, R. R. Drew, A. R. Porter, S. B. Wallace, O. R Hammond, J. A. Mello. . . . Row Two: D. V. Peterson, H. F. Kramer R. L. Olds, ENS J. B. Weidler, V. L. Hofstener, J. R. Parker, A. M Yeaton. . . . Row Three: V. Hoskins, I. M. Durham, T. L. Beaudreau G. E. Morgan, J. M. Sch Row Four: F. R. Radcliffe, Kuster, C. D. Carlson, R. R. W. Topolskl, R. . E. Loehr, W. E. Bertz, E. Longo.

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R DIVISION ' R ' stands for repair, but the main job of the division is preventing the need for repair. The division is made up of three separate groups or gangs divided as to the equipment they main- tain. These are the shipfitters, the electricians and the auxiliary gang. The shipfitters make up the basic group of the damage control organization. They also do most of the ship ' s force repair work, maintain the damage control equipment and lockers and maintain the ship ' s fresh and salt water systems. These men hold or are striking for Damage Con- trolman, Pipe fitter and Metalsmith rates. The electricians maintain the ship ' s power system, the ship ' s lighting system and the ship ' s intercommunication systems. The electricians are best known to the crew as the men that show the evening movies. These men hold or are striking for Electrician ' s Mate or IC Elec- trician ' s Mate rates. The auxiliary gang, or the ' A ' gang as it is commonly known, maintains most of the mis- cellaneous equipment aboard ship. A lot of the equipment has a direct bearing on the comfort of the ship. They maintain the heating system, the refrigeration system and most of the galley equipment. This includes the ice-cream machine. The ' A ' gang also maintain and operate all the internal combustion engines found on the ship. Enginemen, Machinery Repairmen and Machinest Mate rates are held by men in the ' A ' gang. Row One: J. D. Conn, J. A. Schultz. . . . Row Two: F. E. Bisson, W. G. Heirholzer, W. R. Hammock, R. F. Schuler, C. 1. Wessel, L. J. Allen. . . . Row Three: C. K. Weikle, R. L. Smith, L. M. Zulauf, B. G. Belling, E. H. Rogers, Jr. . . . Row Four: T. W. Kendzior, A. G. Repetny, J. J. Cooncy, J. R. Michels, K. L. Covill, D. A. Warznyak. . . . Row Five: C. G. Hall, J. J. Cifaratta, Jr., E. A. Frary, J. F. Christensen, J. A. Barker, C. C. Young.

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... on our way to engage an enemy half way around the world. Back to Asia, where the rumbling had scarcely died away from the last great war. Back to show the Com- munists that America ' s borders reach to any land where there is conflict for the rights of man . . .