Princeton (CVA 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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.. , , I or an AD's engine is due for replacement while the Navy's by-word, 'file it', suffers much abuse froli n '1 .V Y Ju ,1 4 i x ,121 5 iokesters, how long could we operate without the fill system 1, 5 4 1 1 1 K nothing more than a Sears at sea, serving a floating, fighting city of 3000 1 A a , , 5 J .. il n l-2 N95 1 1 1 1 Q1 13311 J 1 X General Stores If he 1 if I, Q13 t 1 . 333 h fi 'Qi lu is E241 E 'AEE E, Alf 'I V i 209 , . .

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i ,-h....,......... .... ,. . , 7 A no needle in a hay stack here, Navy cataloging system or perhaps a Corsair needs a new wing quickly locates any item from anchors and ink and in to pipe and propellers . f X fyyx , sw. ' . .- CW e I .Fw V. J ,,,,, V 1 wwf si ,f N QQ. fr . ! .Were 1 Q. MMI. .X Uv' ...mga Maas N 4, f 5.-T-.+-,-1:12 - L ma., K- . f fx .. ff X' 1 f. ff..-af . 1 ., Y ' .ss . v - . ffsisr- . .,'. 1 ' , 'Ms-'I 1 . ICQ W1' 1 :Hia ' Af f if i f W I V' if ,f 4 he Z! N Wfwf, X if s fy Q f ss Among the four di- r ' ' visions in the Sup- ply Department is S-l Division, consist- ing of Supply Administration, GSK Storerooms, Aviation Supply and Elec- tronics Throughout the various slorerooms on the ship' anything from a thumb tack to an airplane engine is available upon presentation of a stub requisition. Since departing Bremerton in February, 1952, 4,826 orders to other activities have been proceessed. In general stock big hardware store. Every issue or order involves processing a tremendous amount of paper work. . Returning to port, liberty is the .main issue, but not in their case. Orders pro- cessed at sea begin to arrive aboard for checking and storing. Frequently, the division works into the wee hours of the night checking stores and storing them below. Storekeeping isn't all work and no play-they're mighty proud of their undefeated softball team, which often arises before reveille for practice games. alone, 13,000 items are carried, a mighty First Row: H. A. Miller, H. H. Bordston, ChClk H. B. Scoggins, LTjG H. Russek, Ens. R. N. Drese, W. C. Walker. Second Row: D Nl F L Prescott B L Hill R A Matthews, P. I. Peshel, R. E. Taber, C. E. Parsons, B. T. Horan, G. W. Waltinan, . J. eson, . . 3 , . . , . . J. F. Payne, L. L. jacot, C. L. Pryor. Third Row: D. Wilson, C. W. Harris, M. H. Beck, M. L. Ackman, J. M. Mason, W. L. Herrlich, I. L. Groves, R. A. Clark, I. 1. Kelly, E. L. Christensen, B. C. Weaver, I. L. Parker, P. W. Prejean. Fourth Row: D. Futrell, R. N. Olsen, D. Chitwood, jr. H. L. Cary, H. R. Gable, D. McDonald, W. S. Graves, R. H. Miller, j. S. Harris, jr., ' ' ' - hvR.B.Pto R.S. B. Z. Rogers, R. A. Wagner, C. j. Keyser, jr. M. L. Mclfzker. Fifth Row. M. L. Clark, AI. j. Murp 3, e ers n, Dohineyer, R. N. Heckman, J. A. Brown, I. E. Blankenship, M. S. Ullman, R. F. Wahlstrom, A. S. Huck, I. L. Byrd, L. W. McKay, M. R. Buttry, C. W. Pendleton. 4 208 el 'il t . L i p . 1. ' , 'ix -, to are V l .. .

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potatoes by the kettleful en route to the stoves and mash touch of the mess cooks mg machines f as f ' 'n X S Z D 0 N ii f ', '.f', ,,,L S i Chow! Those all important three 1 .mp meals a day. Baked goods meat l vegetables' the preparation of all these is the P responsibility of the S-2 Division. It is the job - Q of one commissary ofhcer, three chiefs and sixty- P: grandmother's favorite soup recipe undergoes the delicate - I . . i 5 l . l .' ?'PLtf.:,Lw,rf-Filer s-' SVT? '5iTNW'1' X ff' X 'f!'W W f W' f 'Z 5 ' ' '. Stuff'-'ds' '?'1'.i:Y'0 .. 59' -'1.Ti'5'L:'.'fxiiwffzft EEK? X I fx 8 1 ,fa-. ' UV ? 'Nag X X QW W 4 X ' V f 8 f WWW Stk at f 'Q j x YW. ,gf 64 4 z ,gl f ' . ,X 4, f X X . . W f .e f , V A 7- , fe! ,f , i 45 ff 5 ff QM L +3 .ifitbm Z f sf Ab X 4 S 4 XX, Sig' X X43 wwf, is-wr N! rx ff, A 3,3 A, ,I . I W ! 3 K 1 two hard working cooks, bakers, and butchers. Q To prepare an estimated 9,000 meals a day, food- stuffs are ordered three months in advance. 1 Then comes the making of the meal. The C0 m' , . butcher bones, slices and cuts the meatg the m lssary , baker kneads, rolls and pounds the dough into li' bread and all delectable forms of pastries, and f finally the cook seasons, bakes and broils the meal so that when it comes time to eat there will ,E be the best in quality and enough in quantity. Q During the time the Princeton spent away ' from the States, the S-2 Division converted three ii million pounds of stores, including 58,886 cups of coffee, into 1,699,971 meals. Ice cream was T not out of the ordinary as 18,448 gallons were V consumed during this same period. l j . Fi-rst Row: S. K. Huncl, E. T. Foster, H. L. Gilmore, J. L. Libby, P. G. Lang, R. G. Ligenfelter, L. E. Davis, R. R. Coleman, J. T. l t Williams, W. C. Snyder, E. H. Crowe, L. G. Seviglia, R. E. Roberts, W. C. Schwiekhart, G. A. Hartman, W. B. Taton, S. A. Kerr, H. R. Penter, A. G. Hodge. Second Row: L. S. Hunt, F. L. McDonald, M. Downey, I. M. Bohan, L. C. McGinnes, R. V. Johnson, W. D. i johnson, R. S. Garrison, D. R. Gilmore, ChPClk S. C. Miller, A. F. Collins A. W. Busch, W. H. Thamscn, C. T. Hesszg, G. A. Goley, T i R. G. Figget, E. T. Barran, C. A. Michelson, G. L. Alle., T. E. Smith,j. W. Ackerman, M. S. Overfelt, C. L. Steger. Third Row: 1 J. A. Speck, W. D. Hicks, L. K. Walker, J. R. Regan, R. L. Gilmore, K. E. Fleck, N. E. Maurer, A. C. Zabcik, L. R. Cramer, S. Hartley, v . Q G. W. Goodwin, J. W. Richards, J. W. Born, H. H. Claypool, R. R. Roles, G. L. Allison, C. G. Hart, j. W. Escovado, E. D. Luton. Fouth Row: I. W. Hagerman, B. j. Claypool, j. E. Simon, G. A. Manning, N. L. Kelly, D. C. Manning. lx is A .