Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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vision breakoui crews respecfively. These boys break Qui abouf five 'ions of provisions daily fo keep ihe hungry crew of fhe Randolph fed. Mr. CroH'y, who is an old Navy man, has fhree slogans which will answer all complainfs aboui 'ihe chow-+hey follow: I. I can barely make a 'rhousand dollars a mon+h. 2. Things are so bad, l've been buying food Qui' gf my own pocket 3. This is be'H'er 'I'han you ever go'I' a+ home. The Ships Service Division of +he Supply Deparimenf renders all ihe services fo ihe 3,000 ofiicers and men on fhe Randolph 'I'ha+ one would find in a small fown of fha? populaiion. Firsl' of all, +here's ihe soda Founiain or Gedunk Sfand. Then ihere are ihe iwo ships Siores where one can buy iobacco, candy, 'roilei' ar+icles, shoe polish, and beer lio be consumed on fhe beach onlyl. These sfores do Sl0,000.00 worih of business each monih. The Ships Service operafes a barber shop, foo, where free haircuis are dispensed. Even ihough one's broke, he can sfill pass inspecfion if he iusi' +akes ihe fime +o be well groomed. Fred Swariz, SSMB2c, is in charge of ihe Crew's Shop, and he is assisfed by Callaham, SSMB2c as well as Glaze and Edwards, SSMB3c and Chaiferion and Neal Slc. The oFFicer's Barber Shop is run by Smiihson, SSMB2c, assisfed by Boudreanx Slc. Supplying haircuis for 3,000 Oiiiicers and men subieci' fo frequeni' inspec- iions is no easy job. Clofhing and Small Sfores is ihe enlisied man's haber- dashery. Here he buys all ihose iiems of clo+hes +ha1' a Navy man requires as well as raiing badges, ihread, shoe laces, efc. There was some difiiculiy in geH'ing popular size dungarees, shoes, and drawers in 'ihe forward areas. buf no one was seen going around in a barrel or bare- foofed. The siore does SI2,000.00 wor+h of business each monih. A. H. Gaghon, SSMC2c, is in charge of ihe cobbler shop. He is assisied by PiH'man, Flc, and Randis, Slc. This work is done free for 'l'he men wiih only a small charge for +he maierials required. The failor shop is a busy spoi' parficularly for a week or iwo before we come info pori. These free services are a greaf assisfance in keeping Randolph personnel looking sharp . Bill S'rabili1'o, SSMT2c, and Salalaf 5SMT3c operafe +he Tailor Shop in a very efiicienf manner. One of ihe hardesi' working ou'l'Fi+s on 'rhe Randolph is locaied in fhe Randolph's Laundry. Working undef difficuli' condiiions, fhey have done an excelleni' iob of keePin9 The ship's company clean and comf0I'l'6bl9- Under fhe able leadership of Lane, SSML2c, fhe laundry l-

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT When The Randolph was puT in commission, Chief Chrisfman was in charge of The Supply Office, assisfed by R. W. Hendricks, in charge of Commissary, Ship's STore, and Clofhing and Small STores records in The Sup. ply Office. The sTores had To be requisiTioned and al. lowances filled. During The nexT six weeks over 2,000 requisiTions were submiTTed and our sforekeepers worked I8-20 hours daily bringing maTerial and spare pai-+5 aboard. When The Kamikaze sTruck on The nighT of March ll, l945, Supply had Two sforerooms below decks severely damaged and Three sforerooms above decks damaged, besides The ofher maferial and spaces belonging To ofher deparTmenTs. Our job was Then To salvage all The ma- Terial ThaT we could and Try To replace whaT was de- sTroyed. We began To reorder maTerial from every available source. By The Time The ship was ready To go info acTion again, Supply again had done Their job afTer long hours of hard and sTrenuous work. The Commissary Secfion of The Supply Deparfmenf wiTh iTs 75 cooks and bakers did a Tremendous iob dur- ing This firsT year of operaTion aboard The Randolph . There was an ambifious loT of sTrikers assisfing The peTTy olTicers, and TogeTher They Turned ouT an average of 3,300 raTions per day. These boys deserve special credif for The way They carried on under baTTle condiTions and supplied personnel wiTh greaf quanTiTies of Thick hoT soup, coffee and sandwiches righT on Their baTTle sTaTions. On numerous occasions iT was necessary for Them To prepare more Than l0,000 sandwiches on a single day. The bake shop baked The bread ThaT wenT info Those l0,000 sandwiches To say noThing of The delicious pi9S and cake ThaT emanaTed from The RandoIph's Bake Shop. When The Randolph served pie, These boys in The Bake shop Turned ouT 500 of Them for a single meal. One of The special feafures on The Randolph is iTs cusT0m of supplying each officer and man wiTh a beaufifully decoraTed birthday cake. The man who geTs The credif for producing These cakes is J. Williams, Bkr2c, who is 6 Professional in The field and everyone agrees ThaT he is a masTer of The pasTry bag. The Bufcher Shop under The supervision of O. E. John- Son, SCBlc, is a very busy spoT. The boys on The Sl1lP eaT l400 To l800 pounds of meaT aT a single siTTin9- Tlie 9reaT Casey, SClc, from Haddonfield, N- Jw and Broccoli, SC2c, breakouf and The fresh and frozen Pro'

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f' ... ' -lf'-'-'-aH- - M. has operafed on a 24 hour per day basis in order fo per- form ifs fask. The Laundry deserves a lof of credif for doing a big iob, doing if while many of us slepf, and doing if well. Pay Clerk Sears will accepf fhe services of all complainers who feel fhey would like fo confribufe 'rheir bif fo improving fhe laundry, and Lane can always use addi- fional man power fo advanfage, in laundrying his 2500 fo 3000 fons of laundry per year. Jusf as we fhoughf fhe work had seffled down fo a , we were hif af Ulifhi and our complefe sfock in A.R.l.R. was wiped ouf and we sfarfed all over again. We were sfill lucky fhough when we gof hif. Only fwo men were in Ready lssue, Baker, SKVlc and Brewer, SKV2c. They bofh gof ouf of if wifhouf a scrafch. Our Peaf, SKV2c. He was walking back from fhe movie and was knocked down by fhree pieces of shrapnel. He sfayed down +iIl fhe shrapnel sfopped fly- ing around and suffered no fafal hifs, and was up and around in a few days fo fhe relief of everyone in fhe gang. The boys all furned fo wifh a will and fhe big job of cleaning up and re-sfocking fhe Ready Issue was com- plefed by fhe fime we sfarfed fhe nexf sfrike. Since commissioning fhe Pay Office has disbursed a fofal of Four Million Eighf Hundred Thousand Dollars lS4,800,000.l, in pay and allowances fo fhe officers and men of fhis ship and has handled fhe regisfrafion of Three Million Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars lS3,2l0,000.l, roufine iob only casualfy was in savings and dependency allofrnenfs. Cash sale of War Bonds have fofaled Fiffy Three Thousand Five Hun- I dred Dollars lS53,500.l, and allofmenfs for fhe purchase of War Bonds have fofaled One Million Fiffy-Three Thou. sand Seven Hundred Fiffy Dollars lSl,053,750.l. During fhe war cruise of fhe Randolph fhe personnel of fhe Pay Office were also required af various baffle sfafions. Lieufenanf Huffman was baffery officer of 3 40 MM anfi-aircraff mounf. Barfh and Shaw were re- sponsible for fhe preservafion of all Pay Records and funds. Fields and Bedell were phone falkers af Air De- fense Aff, Weber and Craff were members of damage confrol parfies. Kemp and Berock were gunners on 20 MM anfi-aircraff guns. The General Sfores Secfion of fhe Supply Deparfmenf was sef up under fhe Supervision of Lf. M. M. Simmer, USN, assisfed by Chief Nichols. Affer fhousands of differenf ifems were sfowed below, fhe fremendous fask of sysfemafic sfowage began. This is fhe real fesf of a sforekeeper, and such men as, Price, SK3c, and Huie, SK3c showed fhaf fhey really qualified. Some of fhe sforekeeper sfrikers-Lewis, Leahy, Groppe, Hines, also did an excellenf job and learned a lof abouf fhe iob fhey would be doing fhe nexf year. Chief Nichols leff fhe Randolph iusf before fhe shake- down and Chief Chrisfman fook over fhe GSK. Chris had a four of dufy in fhe Navy back fhere when and really knows all fhe angles. His success in procuring supplies is one of brighfesf spofs in fhe hisfory of Supply on fhe Randolph. If has been reporfed lnof officiallyl fhaf Chris had broughf aboard fhe Randolph one of fhe finesf supplies of foilef fissue in fhe enfire Pacific Fleef. ,Jim ..-A