Hyman (DD 732) - Naval Cruise Book

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analysis, all in addition to their primary function of keeping our two 12 foot wheels turning over. The largestgroups in the department are the Boiler Technicians and the Machinist Mates, who operate and maintain our boilers, turbines, and fresh water plant. With 60,000 horses under our hood, that's a man-sized iob. The R Division is organized into repair Parties, which, under battle conditions, fight fires, seal flooding compartments, decon- taminate the ship following a gas or atomic attacks, and maintain the water-tight intergrity of the ship. In addition, its Electricians must keep power coming to the important electrically-driven equip- ment such as the gun mounts, this might involve wiring emergency power, and with the ship's two generators capable of a thousand kilowatts, they have plenty of power to play with. SUPPLY The Supply Department is our greatfurnisher. Pay day is always a good day, but paying three hundred officers and men, handling their accounts and allotments is a big iob and requires the conscientious effort of our Disbursing Clerks under the supervision of the Supply Officer. In addition,the Storekeepers handle requisitions for supplies l if 5' .mf ' Must have been a Mystery. for the entire ship .... everything from paint to pencils, and maintain expenditure accounts for each department. These books would certainly match those of a good-sized corporation. The other big job, of course, is filling the bottomless pits -., of a hard-working crew. Navy chow on the Hyman is good and our Commissary Stewards, Bakers, and Wardroom Stewards fill us with ,wb i. IW' anna 0? over Sl20,000.00 worth every year. Good food, we know, is as lm portant to good morale as it is to good health, and we have more ....for refreshments: a coke machine for the thirsty, a soda fountain .56 -I featuring ice cream sundaes and milk shakes fwe call it Hgedunk and coffee messes in most every space on the ship. A good cup ,' g' Q V . Q of Joe is a Navy tradition, and we stick close to it by drinking V Q ' II .1 . ver slxty ga ons every ay. The supply enterprise extends a bit further to provide us with a dispensary, a laundry, a barber shop, and a ship's store, which has grossed as much as 57000.00 in a month of sales. The profit, of course is transferred to our special services fund, which is used primarilyfor ship's parties,recreation gear, and personal emergencies This store has everything from toilet articles to German cameras and These SPaf1iSh 0l'PhaUS eni0Yed our cashmere sweaters, all at a fraction of retail prices. Bandas much as the Ice Cream. E I L .i

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Catholic and Protestant Divine Services are held every Sunday wherever the Ship may be. VY in avan' Fueling from the Carrier Randolph 'ill

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HABITABILITY 1 To make the Crew's hours of relaxation more pleasant, we em- barked on a program of habitabilty, which remodelled the crew's mess hall into adiningroom-lounge, with a new plastic deck, neat four-man tables, flourescent lighting and bright cheerful colors, a well-stocked library, and even a TV set for watching ball games. Though the primary purpose of this compartment is for dining, it is well adapted for reading, games, writing letters, church services on Sunday, and movies during bad weather. The best relaxation, though, comes from the nightly movie, held rain or shine. No 3-D yet, but we get some good shows along with the relics .... and whatever it is we enioy it. 'Q 'R Dinner in the Wardroom g 5 ,auf No one's afraid of sharks? A LAST Look After taking a tour of the ship, you probably wonder how three hundred men keep from stepping all over each other's feet. Actually, the many different iobs and watches spread the men from stem to stern so we never noticed the -number...iust like a big family, that's all. We hope that you have enioyed your visit to the Hyman and will carry away with you a better under- standing of destroyer life and Naval Service as we know it. We hope our ship shows the pride we have for our country, and the preparedness for which we have so diligently trained.