Stickell (DD 888) - Naval Cruise Book

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SKC R. lb Humphrey Y ' if 111 'dftfffrflv opinions the 'Supply Department ig oft f - - - 1 U en 5' 'T W' W h f 'ff the llcet' Our emrrgetic, creative group 5 'i 'i 'f wel wauln d tfIfliiIP. i, cut hair, kept Soap in the f Y- - ef a f indie-W. and other 'gedunks' in the mouths of ' f ' ' f ' fff' H' 'lu' 'fIll,KHI,I,. Under the able direction of our Hflwfi f '1'ff, V1 Morrell, the Storf-kf'vper.s provided all the necessary 'l'-ff' f'i f'e IW '-'lI'l'llf'v from paper clips to high voltage boxes - t0 kv 4 fl it y Iiifluf I i 1 a ' 1 i .f n Ill the no lor the six month cruise He also hea g . . ded fo' ff H' H I- ' hr-HH hw ol Supply, the General Mess, the Laundry, Dis- lvfir ,illl 'XII 1' ' 'o 4 ll H W7'll , liarher Shop and would-be vending machines. fun foot! sf rvn e hranrh, ted some 5,100 individual meals at a cost or MU 5 no oo 'l'l: -- f 1- - ' 1 rink. ti our seven skilled cooks we were able to ple.:-we rnos! or the new most of the time and turned out many excellent irieala lin: one ,ind only baker produced 5,190 pounds of some of the ne-,r bakery profluf Is that have ever graced our tables. The twelve ever- pn-L.:-nl loin! handler-, kept cleanliness and sanitation at an optimum through Ihr-ir three daily scrub downs of the entire messdeck area . . . a lillilllfllkn honor ri nr 'At'lf, llisbnrsing Clerk assisted the Disbursing Officer in pa in , .. . , . , y g ont Sf!-153,000 in sixteen paydays, processed some 139 vouchers and 4-lanns ol kinds and computed over 4,200 individual payments. Total filHilllfNf'lllt'lllS during the cruise amounted to S398 000. The nine Str-wardsmates kept Officer Country ship-shape and pre- parm! SVIVIHHN for our twenty officers. The Super bargain basement, under the management of George , sold 5tiii,5i.H1i,x1 worth or merchandise, profits from which went into the ship's Welfare and Recreation fund. ln competition with our store we had our inti.imous vending machines. The coke machine received 85,849.20 in nickels and dimes, The popcorn machine never got off the ground. Unr unsung heroes oi the Supply Department, the Laundry Crew, with one if-mperamental washer, one antique dryer and one press, managed to wiisli, starch, dry land pressj some 55 tons of laundry - of which the washer are about three tons. Unr one chair, 5 x 5 barbershop fand photo lab by nightj working on ten minute appointments, cut 1,000 heads during the cruise. Appointments were wrnetiines hard to get but the price was always right. last, but not least, in our parade of behind-the-scenes supporters, our friendly f-.igle eyed storekecpers practiced well their techniques .of dollar srretelririg and quantity chopping amidst many a loud cry. Despite their east rednr-tion efforts, over 3,000 issues were made at a .value of 5l.58.386.H,1. The UPTARf'Requisitioning desk was kept hopping with requisitions valued at 8l79,800. How the budget balanced with all de- partments in the red is a mystery shared only by LTJG Morrell and D3VY jones SDI T. T. Cuevas C51 J, A. Kina ad ,Nw M A YJ gf? I ,- ... l,L