San Marcos (LSD 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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Supply Department V e.p l I I -.,,,, 1st Row: Frankhouse, Green, Moore W.B., Allen, Canty, Tesky, Smith I.R., Johnson. 2nd Row: Clark, Hunter, Davey, Brasher, Moore VJ., Taylor Lopes, Earven. M Gorman Smith B R Cavin, Scott, West, Goldston, Starkey, Talley, Hoskinson. 3rd Row: Sells, Simon, Coughlin, Hughes I. ., . . ., .,,,-,.,,,. ....,,,,, - -Y V .-.

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THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT' The purpose of the Supply Department aboard ship is the procurement, storage and issue of General Stores and items of equipage. In addition to this the SupplyDepartment operates the Galley, Ship Store, Soda Fountain, Bake Shop, Laundry, Disbursing Office and Clothing and Small Stores. . I ' ' We have two Officers of the Supply Corps aboard, The first being W. Y. ALLEN LT ij gl, SC, PUSN, who has the respon- sibility of the Department as a whole. I-le has the title of Supply Officer . W.D. MILLER, LT Qjgj, SC, USNR, is the assistant Supply Officer with additional duties as Disbursing Officer. The functioning of the ship service store is another of his responsibilities. A - The Supply Department is divided into five sectionsg. GSK, Disbursing, Clothing and Small Stores. Ship Store and Commissary. GSK is subdivided into two groups, office and storeroom. The office group keeps records, procures and accounts for GSK stores and materials. The storeroom group is concerned with the supervision and upkeep of the storerooms. Disbursing is responsible for the financial business of the ship. It maintains Officer and Crew pay rolls, pays public vouchers and sends monthly reports to the Navy Department. Clothing and Small Stores procure, receives stores and issues clothing and small stores r Ships Store includes service activities such as Ship's Store, Soda Fountain Laundry and Barber-sho These rovide the 3 0 necessary luxuries for the crew. P P P f Commissary includes the ship's Cooks, Bakers, 'Butchers and Stewards. The shipus Cooks Bakers and Butchers functions are preparing and serving General Mess. The Stewards are in charge of Wardroom and C b. M T S d also have the responsibility of the upkeep and cleanliness of Officers Country a m ess' he tewar S 26

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Embarked Marme Units the San Marcos in sum total were six Officers and 133 enlisted from four At the outset, the Marines embarked upon . separate organizations of the Second Marine Division: a detachment from the 2nd Shore Party Battalion headed by Ssgt. Nix, another from H ts s co., 3rd Bn, 6th Marines, led by Lt. ti. s-7 Bwmhauefs 2 Platoon Of fankf with Capt. w,E, Lockridge in command, aided and abettedby TSgt. Byrnes, and by the largest SYQUP, the firing battew f1'0m Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines with Capt. Berl in charge, 1st Lt. Keith as exec. and Lt. Quintal as fire direction officer, 'b' Truck Battalion with SSgt. Mosman in charge originally, Attached to the battery was a unit of the Second Amphl 1OuS k t the States. The First Sergeant for Fox Battery was TSg1g, B.B. Cpl. Ort taking over upon the former's transfer bac 0 Dean and its gunnery sergeant, Sgt. Coners. , Cf these elements was formed Embarkation Team Dog , ia .effect a record keeping company with Capt. Berl in charge ' ' t d Gunner Ser eant res ectivel as CO Troops, Capt. Lockridge as exec, TSgts Dean and Byrnes as First Sergean an I y g p Y. h t' f the detachment from HSS Company, all units were attached, as Normal Supporting Arms, to fthe With t e excep ion o 3rd Bn 6th Marines, 2d MarDiv, FMF, for the purpose of constituting a Battalion Landing Team, a unit completely armed ! and equipped, capable of being placed in combat upon minimum notice. In this connection it was the duty of all hands to extend maximum efforts toward that end, namely, preparedness for combat. This entailed a constant program invol- ving both training and maintainance of material. b Our duties in relation to the ship were limited to the bearing of our share of the burden of normal day-to-day house- keeping, The maintainance of our troop spaces under, the capable direction of Sgt. McRae, lending our proportinate assistance in the laundry, the soda fountain, the barber shop, the galley and in the breaking out of stores. Some in port security watches aboard ship were manned by Marines. 28