Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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S UPPLY DEPAR TME CDR GG. Jenkins Supply Oflicer Supply Department is primarily responsible for providing logistics and supply support to all departments on board USS PUGET SOUNG, supporting the intermediate main- tenance capability and providing a myriad of services to the crew impacting on morale and well-being. Included among the services in Supply Department's char- ter are: feeding the crew, paying the crew, providing laundry, dry cleaning, a barber, ship store, and ADP services, as well as housing approznmately 45 oiiicers and maintaining a num- ber of staff flag spaces. During the deployment, Supply Department acted as the principal liaison with host nations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, arranging host nation support, coordinating passenger and cargo transportation and serving as a mini-Naval Supply Cen- ter for tended ships alongside in conjunction with the 'cDet ROMEO Jeddah Warehousei' operation. The Supply Depart- ment also opened its other services to tended Lmits and the Jeddah shore establishment, providing ship store items, ADP services and assistance, as well as access to our Enlisted Din- ing Facility. The department also coordinated a Super pic- nic for several ships in company. During the course of the deployment, Supply conducted several replenishment evolutions, receiving stores and provi- sions from the helos of USS SANTABARBARA and USS SATURN and across the wire for USS JOHN LENTHALL. Q .. LCDR N.S. Cole Asst.. Supply Officer In both Antalya, Turkey, and Gaeta, Italy, Supply coordi- nated with Deck Department for receiving stores and provi- sions by barge and again coordinated transportation and port services arrangements. Serving as the principal liaison with husbanding agents in all foreign ports, Supply was able to expedite critical repair parts, replenish industrial material and even procure social supplies in support of the highly successful USO 50th Anniversary Gala in Naples, Italy. Along with Admin Department, Supply also served as the Passenger Mail and Cargo Coordinator in Antalya and Mar- seille, France, authoring the Integrated Logistics Plans for all ships in the area and coordinating mail, passenger and mate- rial movement. Acting as the financial managers for the ship, Supply personnel worked with the type commanders to obtain both advances and increases to the ship's budget. This allowed the ship to cover extraordinary expenses incurred as a result of Operation Desert Storm. Supply Department played host to a number of special events including several receptions in honor of foreign digni- taries, special meal nights and several ship's picnics. The department was an integral part of most major shipboard evolutions and inspections. If the parts were there when needed, transportation available as required, the crew well fed and with money to spend in the ship's store, it was Supply personnel's hard work and dedication that made it possible.

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Right SK1 Graham transports ammunition for VIRTREP offload Opposite page: SKI Jimenez and EMFN Tran com- -1 DIVI IO Stores Division CS-15 is responsible for receiving, stovving and issuing consum- ables, equipment and repair parts for all departments, as Well as providing support for the intermediate maintenance function. Stock Control, one section of Stores Division, determines ship requirements, orders material, processes receipts, maintains related files and records and per- forms all iinancial accounting. The Supply Support Section of Stores Division, or ROVSS, processes an average of 1,000 requisitions per Week in support of repairs to customer ships. It also main- tains all allowance lists, material catalogs, and technical publications. In preparation for Operation Desert Storm, S-1 processed over 351,600,000 in receipts from Navy Stock Fund and S800,000 from commercial sources. With only a short seven-Week notice, this division Worked around the clock loading stores prior to the deployment to ensure the parts Were there when needed. Hard-Working storekeepers of Stores Assembly continued to excel throughout the deployment, Whether moving stores during replenishment evolutions or pro- viding material handling services to move material from the pier or barge to a ro riate storerooms in foreign ports PP P - Several material improvements were made during the course of the deploy- ment, including the complete preservation and painting of the Material Handling Passageway. Picked as MATCONOFF SUPERSTARS for the month of April, S-1 Division Was also recognized for its outstanding performance and unselfish devo- tion to duty in their selection as USS PUGET SOUND Division of the Quarter for first quarter 1991. pare notes. ,W LTJ G L. M. Schrage Division Ofiicer USSKSMCSWD G. E. Rankin i Leading Chief V Q + ss A x s X - Q V .... ,.