Epperson (DDE 719) - Naval Cruise Book

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' Fi? E2 ki i 2 l l The Supply department team of commissarymen and stewards works round the clock to provide varied and whole meals for EPPE's 285 crewmembers. The ship's store, operated by Supply department personnel, provides toiletries, cigarettes, candies, and other incidental items which are so important in maintaining high shipboard morale. Our ship's laundry works twenty four hours a day in providing clean clothing and linens for the crew. ln a typical week, Iaundrymen wash over 7000 pounds of laundry and press approximately 500 pieces of clothing and linens. Other facets of the Supply department include handling the payroll for EPPE's crewmembers. Disbursing clerks keep pay- roll records, issue special pay, and allotments to ensure that families are regularly and efficiently supported. Another factor in high shipboard morale is the friendly shipboard barber whose task it is to keep each of us looking well groomed and in good shape for periodic inspections. ln support of the ship and its equipment, our storekeepers ride herd on a repair part inventory comprised of 18,000 different items, all essential to the readiness and fighting capability of the ship. They also maintain the files and records necessary to order, issue, and document the expenditures of eighty thousand dollars every year. Supply department's work for the deployment began long before we left the islands. Tons of repair parts, consumables, ship's store stock, laundry and barber supplies, and food had to be packed on board the ship. Throughout deployment, we maintained and replenished this stock of supplies by means of underway replenishments from refrigerator and fuel ships. The goal of the supply department was to depart from Pearl Harbor as ready as possible for the lengthy deployment, and to ensure that throughout the cruise that EPPE was always ready for any mission assigned to her. ,ff iv, 'Q 4 Suppl Qfficer LTJG.-D. H. McDonald NR Wayne State University University of Michigan Officers Candidate School US. Naval Supply School , t rl 1 I f Ss-:Q 7 , -. TSI Hey Sailors, wanna buy . , .7

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Ricky Westforth, of Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin instructs Donald Bates on the fine points of messcooking in the CPO gallery. SUPPLY Wham, A, My-vr,...al 4 'Wm Y MW V , Commissaryman Gary M. Buffum of Corning, California. Lyle C, Richard T. Rushing, CS2 from Aurora, Colorado. Taylor, Seaman from Dixonlee, Illinois. Larry R. Wright is a Seaman from Denver, Colorado. Kenneth R. Schultz, third class commissaryman resides in Fenton, Michigan. Rob Harrelson, Birmingham, Alabama. relaxes between meals with Paul lVlcDonald lleftl second class Electrician.