Mount Katmai (AE 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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N MX .V , iitlx yi The Yeoman and Personnelman are integral parts of ad. ministration in a ship's operations. Yeoman takes care of the ship's correspondence, routing of departmental mail, keeping files of notes and instructions, and aid the Executive Gfficer in his administrative duties. Personnelmen maintain the crew'5 service records, type orders for transfer, leave, discharge, and occasionally extention and shipover. During our twenty day line periods, the ship sometimes only has one or possibly two Mail Calls. When Mail Call is announced through the ship everyone flocks to the post office. Considered the most important man aboard, the Postal Clerk sees to it that letters from home get to their final destination. Carelessness can result in injury, aboard the ship or on liberty. The Corpsman is the one the crew goes to when sick or injured. Sometimes his job consists of only applying a bandaid or giving an aspirin, but when his knowledge and skill is really needed, there is not a man aboard who is not thankful for the Corpsman's service. .N XX l l ,. . 42 -s ' 2 Q ' if POSTAL CLERK: MASEVVIC, K. T. HOSPITALMEN1 fright to leftb MOSSBURC, L. c., PETERS, 1. E., RHOADES, POSTAL CLERK: JONES, A. G. R. E. 'WWC PERSONNELMENI UST ROWD coLE, c. M.,-MURPHY, E. A. qzrsio ROWD NEIL, vv. E., sirsicttrorsi, c. R. -

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1' Fx ' f . A . 1 -..... A I t it Q I X 1 C 1 All I E - e Q f K 3 . g X It ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS: UST ROWD KACZOR, W. F., ISSOKSON, P. A., ALEXANDER, I. L., MECIEATH, M. I. t2ND ROWD HOWARD, W. R., SULLIVAN, R. L. The ship requesting rearmament is 4000 yards and closing. Tle Reariming Detail is stationed. The Signalmen haul up the Romeo flag signifying our readiness for their approach At 300 yards avvay, with the other ship's Romeo flying at the dip, Chalfwayb, they commence their approach. Their Romeo is hauled up and they are Coming alongside. As they parallel the KATMAI, our loudspeaker system greets them. Good morning! Welcome alongside the USS MOUNT KATMAI I SIGNALMEN: UST ROWD ARCHIBALD, A., KAMPH, l.A., WHOLEY, I. A CZND ROWD GENTRY, S. B., SIMON, W. A., CROCKETT, S. W. '57 Aff If 11 WWW M if

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lv ' NAVIGATIG The Navigation Department has the vital respon- sibility of safely navigating the ship in and out of port, at sea, and during rearmings when another ship is close alongside. The navigators maintain the Quartermaster's Notebook and other various records and logs pertaining to daily ship's routine T at sea. They are also held responsible for all current revisions of the charts they use in their navigation. By using fixes, that is positioning the ship's location in coordination with land, stars, or transmitted radio signals, the navigators guide the ship on the proper courses safely and efficiently. QUARTERMASTERS: UST ROWD IESUS, I. Q., HILCARDNFR, M. F. QZND ROWD MICHEL, F. L., HAGEN, L. M., GRAMS, G. G. NAVIGATIONS OFFICER LTIG WEST f . li