Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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: 'r 200 SANCTUARY is like a small city and mithin ' e her crowded community confines are . all businessmen, merchants, suppliers m aid store owners that are the backbone of ' ' ' l de art- any community. This is the supp y P ment and here, within this departmental or- anization are the disbursmg clerks, the Storekeepers, the ship's servicemep, tlrqe stewards and the commlssarymen t at eep the ship provisioned, functioning and well- fed. Before leaving Da Nang, Lt Morton has been busy exchanging MPC fMilitary Pay- ment Certificatesl for Green , that we can use in Hong Kong. Seems as if everywhere, the Yankee Dollar is eagerly accepted. Dis- bursing pays, prior to getting underway, some of the Sl50,000 that is put out each month to crew and patients. Storekeepers are busy lashing down stores, and the Ship's servicemen, the barbers, dry cleaners, laundrymen, tailor and men who run the ship's stores, fountains and vending ma- chines, are busy keeping the crew clipped, clean and candied. Cn the Ol and O2 levels, the stewards .- 3,,.,:i, 1 check the officers' living spaces, the word ' Q room and prepare for the first meg' of On the second deck, commissarymen C ST huge amounts of bread, bake pies and foo potatoes and steaks as another dqy gf Jyk commences. But the appetite of the shi or and men for supplies must be replenisllfed and shortly after departure the announce- ment is passed on the l MA system, Div- isions concerned muster a 50 man working i. party on the O3 Level . Helicopters then buzz over from the supply ship, each chop.. per dangling from a rope, a cargo net full of supplies, ranging from medicines to kleenex to roast beef. Twenty-five of the men quickly offloqd the cargo net and pitch the stores onto a con- veyor belt that rumbles them up to the 03 level. There the petty officer directs, Strike the stores below into the holds and cargo winches lower the nets full of supplies down the trunk of the hold. Soon, the replenishment is finished, the holds are full and the ship, provisioned and ready for its trip, is on its way. FY rf' v suvmv

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