Saipan (CVL 48) - Naval Cruise Book

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3 M F 'N f 114 Q he fmefz The Supply Department is composed of the Stores Group, Commissary Section, Disbursing Sec- tion, Wardroom Mess Section and Clothing and Small Stores Section. Each of these sections per- form the various functions associated with their name. It might be said that the Supply Depart- ment operates the military counterparts of a restaurant, hardware and tool supply house, grocery store, meat market, soda fountain and tobacco shop, laundry and cleaners, clothing shop and a bank. Approximately one sixth of the ship's personnel are in the Supply Department. Supply store- rooms and work spaces, some one hundred and sixty-seven in all, are spread throughout the ship. The storekeepers order, issue and account for the consumable supplies used by the ship. There are some 55,000 items carried which vary from a simple screwdriver to complicated electronic equip- ment. The absence of any one of these items may cause inconvenience or serious difliculty. The aviation storekeepers are a group of specialists who perform the above functions for sup- plies peculiar to aircraft and equipment necessary to operate aircraft. The cooks, bakers, stewards and mess cooks are the fellows who peel the potatoes, fry eggs for breakfast and bake those deli- cious pies. A ship like the Saipan carries enough food and beverages to operate at sea for months at a time. Flight operations can be cancelled and maybe the motor launch won't run, but don't ever delay a payday. The disbursing clerks are the men responsible for registering your allotments to the 'missus,' computing and disbursing your pay and effecting the changes to your insurance policies. The ship's servicemen see to it that your laundry 1 is washed, hair cut, shoes repaired, rates sewn on your jumpers, and operate the fountain and ship's store. During the cruise the store purchased and sold, for the 'S convenience of the crew, French perfumes, Florentine leather goods, Italian cameos, French and Italian ladies and men's gloves, Swiss watches and Arab rugs. All profits from these sales help defray the cost of opera- tion of the ship's service facilities and support the ship's welfare fund. fi. 7 9 r 'Y it 'ff Haze, gif l H vm., 4 mfs. W Service is our motto says the Supply Depart- ment - spare parts or spare ribs, we have them all.

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WW WW , ,www--. MH W, ls l .112-fx R. .. LCDR. J. E. Harvey, Jr., LT. H. L. Madden, LTJG. T. C. Waller, Jr., CHPCLK. A. J. Stefkovich PACT. R. G. Baum, LTJG. K. C. McGrath.