Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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COiTimdi'1ClZl' James Downey, sumv arncEi2 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT WiThin The innumerable caTacombs aT The Essex are Tound never ending examples oT The work aT The Supply DeparT- menT. All phases oT liTe and acTiviTy aboard ship can be Traced To The work oT The Navy's service organizaTion, which provides essenTial parTs To The driving mechanisms oT The ship and iTs aircraTT. IT is The source of The life-giving Toads so essenTial To The Navy TighTing man. Then again, There are Those who proTess ThaT The Supply DeparTmenT is indicaTive oT ThaT well known axiom, The probahiliTy aT noT having The righT parT, in The righT place, aT The righT Time, is equal To The sum of The squares work- ing on The problem . This is noT denied buT Supply may have esTablished a series oT TirsTs. Some claim ThaT Essex will go down in hisTory as The TirsT ship To serve T29 successive meals oT roasT beef, ripped oTT l7,876 l3uTTons in a single six monTh period, underpaid more people, more aTTen and more regularly Than any oTher ship in The l:leeT, all This in addiTion To increasing Ten Told The orders aT The Wardroom Sandwich Bar. iDid anyone menTion curry?j BUT There is a more serious side To Supply. The mission of The ship depends enrirely upon supplying parTs To viTal equipmenT and The abiliTy To remain in a remoTe locaTion, Tor exTended periods oT Time, vviThouT replenishmenT. WiThouT Cl Supply DeparTmenT which is aT all Times Ready Tor Sea , These goals could noT be realizedl ConsequenTly, iT is vviTh greaT pride ThaT The Supply DeparTmenT presenTs This secTion oT The Cruise Book.

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V W Watkins , SKC W. Alverson, SKI F Cummings , SK1 E. Marquis , SKZ 1 'E , .K. Abner, ,SKB . i . Q N A. Bergmann, SK3 1 I I 1 i A., Niemi, SK3 J. Coleman. SVKZ C. Bauer, SK3 J. Higgins, SK3 How obouf That. The VCldGl',S ouf ond we don'T have The port LCdr. N,S. Larson Ens. C.B. Braswell ASST. SUPPLY OFFICER DIVISION OFFICER 9-1 DIVISION They only 'folk stock numbers here X