Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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2 DECK DEPARTMENT 1st Division First Division's responsibilities include the maintainance and preservation of all weatherdeck spaces forward of Fram 100, the entire O3 level, the sally port, Ouarterdeck area and the forecastle. During underway periods, First Division stands bridge and lookout watches and handles forward lines during sea detail. During inport periods First Division handles all offgoing and oncoming cargo, booms and winches. Foul weather gear, painting stores and tools are also cared for by the division. In all seamanship evolutions, First Division is just that-The First Division on the ship. 4

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DIVISIONS Perhaps the word teamwork is overworked when describing what is needed to make a Navy vessel function effectively, but what better word? SANCTUARY operates through six Departments, each as important as the other and each depending on the other five for its own existence. The Engineering Department not only provides the propulsion to get us where we're going, it provides us with electricity, water, plumbing, heat, air conditioning and countless other services that make life liveable onboard SANCTUARY. Without the snipes we would not exist, but the same can be said for the other five departments. Producing the steam to get somewhere does not good unless you know where you're going and can get there safely. That's where Operations comes in. Ops provides the navigational, electronic and communications know-how to keep us on track and out of trouble at sea. How far would we get without the Deck Department? Not very far. Deck not only keeps the exterior of the ship clean and presentable, it steers the ship according to the directions given by Operations, drops and hoists the anchor, moors and unmoors the ship, and operates the winches and runs the liberty launches, to name a few of its responsibilities. Take away the Supply Department and not only would you go hungry but you would not be paid or provided with the items needed to accomplish your own work. Without XfAdmin the ship would sink in a sea of paper. ln addition, there would be no leave, advancements, POD's, or page ones, page twos, page threes, etc. Like the idea of wearing the same uniform thirty or forty days in a row? That's what you would be doing if Resale weren't here to provide laundry service for the crew. You would also be without cigarettes, soda pop, candy bars, toothpaste and countless other goods and services provided by the Ship's Servicemen. And, it goes without saying that if it weren't for the Naval Hospital the SANCTUARY would not have been recommissioned and we would not be here today. lt's'also nice to have a boatful of doctors, nurses, and corpsmen around when a crew member gets sick. Overall responsibility for everything lies with the Commanding Officers and the Executive Officer. As they say, the buck stops here.

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2nd Division Second Division consists of one Chief Petty Officer, one Boatswain's Nlate Second Class, one BM3 and twenty non-rated personnel. Among their primary responsibilities are: The upkeep of the after exterior of SANCTUARY, the care and maintenance of two twenty-six foot motor whale boats, the officer's motor boat, the Captain's Gig, and two thirty-six foot Landing Craft boats. In addition, Second Division also assists in standing bridge watches, and in the landing and recovery of helos onboard. Last, but not least, they maintain the ship's armour. 'Z