King (DLG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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» f 4lM I ' b fS y. .f, VT. ' BOTTOM ROW-SCHALUY J .E . ; SLEETH G ,W . ; REAGAN Q .E . ; JACK- SON H .T . ; PERKINS W .R . ; PILLOW W .E . ; GRAVES C .E . TOP ROW-PUCK ETT J .A . ;KOCSIS W .E . ; POCHE G .L. ; SMITH L ,C . , SMITH S .P . ; PECK M .H . ; KUEPKER C .N . ; BYNUM J.L. ; CAR LOCK C . E . ; DELA ROSA R . ; ENS . LONG . THE BEST CHOW AND LOTS OF IT, THAT IS OUR MOTTO. THE COM- MISSARY DIV IS ION OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT HAS HAD ITS GROWING PAINS ALONGWITHTHE REST OF THE SH I P S INCE COMM ISS ION ING BACK IN BREMER- TON. BUTNOWTHE GROWING PAINS ARE GONE AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED IN- TO A HARD WORKING TEAM . THECRUISEHAS DONEA LOT TO DEVELOP OUR SEA LEGS. THE GALLEY KEYS HAVEN ' T BEEN LOST FOR MANY WEEKS NOW. THE BAKER HAS LEARNED TO TURN OUT A GOOD CAKE EVEN WITH ALL THE ROCKING AND ROLLING . THE MESS COOKS NO LONGER HEAD FOR THE LIFE LINES AS SOON AS WE LEAVE PORT. AND THE jACK-OF-TH E-DUST CAN NOW ACTUALLY FIND PEACHES WHEN HE GOES TO LOOK FOR THEM . BESIDES ALL THE HARD WORK WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES , EXPECI- ALL IN HAWAII AND WAIKIKI BEACH . OF COURSE OUR BIG DAY OF TRIUMPH WAS THE POLLYWOG REVOLT . JUST BEFORE CROSSING THE LINE. BUT WE ENDED UP WITH A VERY SORE AFT SECTION AND EXTREMELY SHORT HAIR- CUT AND A TRUSTY SHELLBACK CERTIFICATE .

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-r- h ' ■ ' ' ' ' .fj ' M ' ' I I 4 t BOTTOM ROW-CAI LIOTTE R .S . i FITZGERALD R . E . ; BOWER, A. D . iKIN- NAMON C.E, ; GALLEGOS , A . E , i WH ITE G , D . j PENN H.F. MIDDLE ROW-ENS . SNIDER ; TRINIDAD E. A.; TODD A.E . , TRINIDAD J .A . ; RONQUILLO V .A , jSAMONTE S .A , , CHRISTOPHER R .L . ; BAC- UIG L .Q , ;CANNON T .(nI. ; HUBERR.W. TOP ROW - MACHON C .A , , SELL I .J . ; MC BURNEY W .L, ; ANTEL- MAN R .D. • HODGE J.D . ; ADAMS , B .M . J DOUDNA D. E . COMMENCING LONG BEFORE COMMISSIONING, SS DIVISION WAS BUSILYPREPARING FOR THEIR SUPPORTING FUNCTIONS ABOARD THE KING WITH OUTSTANDING ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR SHIPMATES, THE STORE- KEEPERS FOUND THE LOADING OF NEARLY 35,000 DIFFERENT ITEMS A CHALLENGING TASK WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNSURMOUNTABLE FOR LESSER SHIPS. GETTING THE PARTS ABOARD WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THESE MEN, HOWEVER, AS THE ABILITY TO LOCATE AND ISSUE THEM FROM THEIR 29 ASSORTED STOREROOMS WAS THE REAL TEST. THE SAME VIGOR DEMONSTRATED BEFORE COMMISSIONING CONTINUED AND V E WERE VICTORIOUS. OURSHIP ' S SERVICEGROUPWAS EQUALLY PREPARING FOR THEIR MISSION AND WHEN THE KING ' S MEN R ECEIVED THE I R CLEAN CLOTHES , THEY KNEW THE LAUNDRY MEN WERE BOTH READY AND ABLE. WITH GRE.ATANTICIPATION ALL PERSONNEL LOOKED FORWARD TO THE OPENING OF OUR SHIP ' S STORE. THE LONG LINE OF HAPPY CUSTOMERS SPEAK FOR THE SUCCESS OF ITS OPERATION. LAST BUT FAR FROM LEAST OF OURSHIP ' S SERVICEMEN WAS THE BARBER. PERHAPS [.JACKING THE GLORY OF THE ROYAL BARBER ON OUR LINE CRUISE, WE FOUND HIM MUCH MORE TALENTED . BEDECKED IN THEIR CLEA N WHITE UNIFORMS .THE STEWARDS WERE NOTED BY ALL AS THEY HUSTLED AROUND THE SH I P G IV ING ATTENTION TO T-HE PERSONAL NEEDS OFTHE KING ' S OFFICERS . THOUGH CONCENTRATED NEARTHE WARDROOM , THESTEWARDSWERETO BE FOUND IN THE STATE- ROOMS PROVISIONS STOREROOMS, POST OFFICE, AND LAUNDRY. THOUGH SMALL IN NUMBERS, ALL THE KING ' S MEN EAGERLY NOTED THE WORK OF THE DISBURSING PERSONNEL. LONG AWA I TED TRAVEL, AND PER DIEM PAYMENTS MADE SOME MIGHTLY HAPPY FAMILIES AT CHRISTMAS, DURING THE SHAKEDOWN THE INCREASE IN QUARTERS ALLOT- MENTS ASSURED THAT OUR KING ' S QUEEENS WOUL9 BE HAPPY. AND LASTLY, HOW WOULD THOSE LEAVES AND LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN IF AT FIRST TH F DISBURSING CLERKS HAD NOT BEEN WORKING ??