Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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Pardue getting ready for liberty. DK's take a break while NAVCOMD works. ,f 7 1 ' Mondares works, Campbell looks on as Reeder stands by. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT The Supply Department's function is to provide various services to the remainder of the ship. These services provide everything from pay to food to electronics parts Supply S-l division includes the commissary branch which prepares and serves the food, the dis bursing branch which holds pay day every few weeks, the ship's service branch which sells gedunks and various ship's store items launderers, tailors, and sells uniforms and cuts hair, and finally the stores branch which attempts to keep the ship, the helo detachment and the embarked staff supplied with the items they need to operateg from mops to gaskets to transistors. S-2 division is made up of the stewards- who care for the Lower Wardroom and Ship's company officers' staterooms is divided into two divisionsg S-l and S-2.

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uw V . ij i Able assistants But Chief, we're out of OPTAR money. Boykin instructs storekeeper strikers Erickson, Reed, and Furman.

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More oil Parks, they want them Well done. There Were times during the cruise when it seemed that 'the ship's designation should be changed or at least amended to include stores issue ship. We provided badly needed supplies to all types of military activities, from mine-sweepers to aircraft carriers to shore activities of the Marines, These supplies again ran the gamut, from rags to electron tubes to eggs. i On this cruise, most of our replen- ishment came from ashore but on two occasions We received stores from the USS MARS using the verticle replenishment method. This procedure, While being new to the ship, proved itself to be a real improvement over the highline. 'NOT' more dirty Clothes. Schuler-let me have 35 Shastas