Epperson (DD 719) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supply is a small department with a large responsibility. The performance of every individual in the department bears on the readiness and morale of the whole ship. X Service is one of our biggest commodities. Here is where the ship's servicemen, commissarymen, stewards and disbursing personnel come in. Our ship's store and barber shop help keep this floating city well provided for and well groomed. Our general mess, inspected four times daily by the best judges in the world--285 hungry sailors--works hard to keep our crew healthy and well fed. Payday and other disbursing services, such as allotments, travel claims, and special pay, are always regularly and efficiently provided to support families back home and to bolster the economy of our liberty ports. Readiness is another big commodity furnished by Supply Our financial and material managers the storekeepers, keep close tabs on the needs of the other departments and maintam the many files and records which are their tools Without even one of the 18 000 different types of repair parts aboard EPPERSON might be unable to perform its mission For this reason, this hard working team deserves credit A major portion of Supply's work began several months before deployment and has already been accomplished before we left Hawaii While other divisions were saymg good bye to their families, Supply was hard at work loading the tons of stores we would need on our deployment, reviewing past records and anticipating future needs Nor did the workload decrease during the cruise Supply continued to restock supplies or repair parts and provisions through underway replenishment at every opportunity Our goal was to leave Hawau as self suH1c1ent as possible, and remain as Ready for Sea as any West Pac Destroyer to our Supply Department we com mend-a hearty Well done ' CRUISE STATISTICS Cups of coffee 165,000 Pounds of potatoes 8 000 Eggs 7200 dozen C86,400J Dollars paid out iB324,'700 Sh1p's Store X Vending Machme Sales 320,560 00 Cigarettes 67,650 Candy bars 33 050 1. - 2' - , . 3. - 4. ' - 5. ' ' ' - . l 6. ' - l 7. - ,

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I SUPPLY DEPARTMENT LTJG. R. C. WILKINSON Supply Officer

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FIRST Row CL to RJ: Schwartz, R.J., SA, Evans, U., SN, Erquiza, J. SD1, Lived J-C- TA 7 2 2 SECOND ROW: Hammel, J. F., DKC, Marinello, P., SH1, Laures, C.L., CS3, FUCIIS, R.V., JI' SA, LT USD Wilkinson, Rc, THIRD ROW: James, N. L., CSC, Payne, H.L., CSS, Jackson, W.E TN, Thompson, A,W,, SN, Toney, L, S , SK1, Wood, S,L,, SN SUPPLY DIVISION Think of Supply and your mouth must water when Jesse James starts another batch of dough - Willson's steak dinners, all you need is a sharp tooth - cabbage salad by Payne - Smitty's low meat, high vegetable stews - Laures, Schwartziand Thompson the cracker barrel kids - The Quiet Man, Erquiza, and his band of stewards: Tulao, VanGuardia, Hipolito, Jackson and Casteneda boostin the ff' ' ' ' ' g o icers morale with the finest vittles in the fleet. The ship servicemen: J. Edgar Marinello, the golf pro - our careful laundrymen Lee Zi ler 8 , ! 7 Evans and one arm Kreipe, who have never lost their own cl th - S' ' o es ideburn Smith, the regulation barber - It's in the storeroom Thompson, our merchandising expert. Inevitably, we come to the SK's - Chief Reed, developer of the cutest mustache alive - the old H pro, Toney, who sees all in his magic pillow - Chicago women and a cup of tea spells Kaminsky - any woman and an overnight pass is heaven for the Gangway Kid , Newman - Flores, who has proven he can slee an h - p yw ere Wood, the Shakespeare of Supply - and the newest but not the least go- getter, Little Tiger Gotterup. White, our genial mess deck MAA, and his band of bewildering personalities called mess cooks, doing a difficult job and doin 't ll - , g 1 we how many of you can carry a tray of food when the ship is rolling 200 each way? ' Last, but not forgotten - Chief Lend me 20 yen Hammel, a professional disbursing clerk - and sea dog.