Stoddard (DD 566) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT If you have a complaint, come to Supply. Here you can complain about your food, your laundry, your gedunk, a burnt out light bulb-anything that doesn't come under the auspices of the Chaplain. And Supply listens. And Supply grins. And Supply grumbles. And Supply does something about it. It may not be just what you expected, but Supply does something about it. Take the Storekeepers. Some say SK stands for skate, but who gets up in the middle of the night to get the parts needed? Who types out the fortieth priority walk-through of the day? And who always has an open ear lalthough maybe a closed pursel for your problems? Then there are the Commissarymen. They're the ones who are sweating over a hot stove 24 hours a day to fatten everyone up for Mother. The Ship's Servioeman is a pretty good guy too. When on the line clothes are clean even if the showers are secured, and the ship's store can almost always provide the pause that refreshes.

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gi 1 if-.. i f' , is i :gl T fl l il ,ik I FRONT ROW: TN Capistrano, DK2 Edwards, DK2 Phillips, CS2 Ellis, CSSN Bennett, TN Dolopo, TN Nool, TN Dioquino. SECOND ROW: SM2 Brown, CS1 Bryan, SK3 Glasson, SN Andrews, CS3 Trueblood, SH3 Watson, SN Morrell, CS3 Gamer, LTJG Fay. THIRD ROW: SN Diaz, SH3 Jones, SK3 Bjork, SN Shattuck, SN Rauh, SH2 Batiste, SHSN Grosso, SK3 Roth. 1 oi x

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One of the most varied divisions of the ship, OC division supplies communications for the STODDARD. The Yeoman and Personnelmen who run the ship's office, the Radiomen who commu- nicate at sea, the Signalmen who hoist the flags and flash the light, all function as the voice of the command. The smartly returned flaghoist, flawless letter, ungarbled messageall mark the well-run ship. Thanks to these people, STODDARD ranks among the best. Another part of OC Division labors mightily to get the ship where she's going and to keep her happy and healthy while underway. The Hospital Corpsmen and the Postal Clerk work hand in glove to keep the ship's morale high. The Ouartermasters, star-gazers extra- ordinary, plot the ship along the way and keep her as close to schedule as humanly possible. Thanks to the efforts of these men, the dangers and loneliness of going to sea are reduced. FRONT ROW: SM2 Kent, RM1 Bates, RM3 Young, SN Go I PC2 C b h H Emmons, OM3 Wolters, OM3 Noe, ENS Bisbee, LTJG Tufts SIECOTNID ROVK? gLl:lgSwarhfz1OJl3lgelslVl?z!tl RM3 Guhde, YN2 Weidlich, RM2 Pyles, SN Kennard M3 Fitzgerald SM3 Buntler OMC Daily THIRD ROW: SM3 Munson, QM2 Rhodes, SN Empie YN3 Hull RM2 Wmlams RM3 Turo RM2 Wright. FOURTH ROW: SM2 Brown, SM2 Williams.