Latimer (APA 152) - Naval Cruise Book

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Yeomen route and prepare naval cor- respondence and re- ports, maintain of- fice records and files and operate office machines. In addi- tion, they familiarize themselves with regula- tions, manuals, and directives to inform per- sonnel who desire any information. MS Division in- cludes storekeepers, commissarymen, ship's servicemen, stewards, and dis- bursing clerks. The storekeepers procu- re, stow, preserve, package and issue DX' Division consists of personnel men and yeomen. The personnel men maintain personnel records, classify enlisted men, and promul gate information on the rating structure, training. welfare and re- creational act1v1t1es and benefits available to personnel. ,, While commissarymen prepare food for the general mess, stewards prepare food for the officers' mess. The disbursing clerk processes the pay rolls, reimburses naval per- sonnel, for expense incurred in the ,line of duty, prepares financial accounts and reports, and compensates personnel, for subsistence, L longevity, transportation, etc. clothing, spare parts provisions, technical it e rn s and other 4 , supplies needed. C ommissarymen serve as cooks, ba- kers and butchers. They prepare menus, assist in ordering provi- sions, check deliveries for quantity and quality and insure proper storage of all food products and care of galley. Duties of the ship's servicemen consist of clerical, sales, and managerial functions in the va' rious Navy exchan- ge facilities aboard i ship. Q l

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'39- For five days, the LATIMER engag- ed in operations oil' Sardinia, the mountainous island located near the Italian mainland. A landing on the beach emptied the ship of marines during the period, giving the crew a possessive attitude toward the spaces aboard the vessel. Arrival at La Spezia, Italy on 13 Oc- tober l954 required deft seamanship to maneuver the 'ship between two buoys to which the ship was moored. In eight days, nearly everyone fre- quented either the Ideal Bar or Almio Bar to drink Chianti wine or Italia beer. Between drinks, small restaurants offered varieties of Ita- lian food, be it spaghetti or pizza pie. Otherwise, the modern stores and shops carried merchandise of every description for shoppers. , Organized tours took personnel to Rome, Pisa and Florence. The Lean- ing Tower in Pisa afforded shutter- bugs a field day . At Florence, per- sonnel visited Pitti Palace and the Uffizi Gallery with their priceless masterpieces of painting and sculp- ture. And, over the brown Arno Ri- ver stretched the picturesque Ponte Vecchio, lined with centuries- old shops and houses.