Toledo (CA 133) - Naval Cruise Book

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The day when the three Bs beans bullets and black oilj were the only concern of the SUPPLY DEPARTMENT is around the corner somewhere. To the three B's, three P's Cpay, provisions and paperl have been added. lt has been said that the Navy runs on paper-mountains of it. Paper of all sizes, shapes, colors and descriptions: from single copy to the traditional seven certified copies, from formal, with long reference date, serial number and precise signature, to others apparently written under water without benefit of a ball point pen. What to do with all these papers is very clearly set forth, spelled out in directives, instructions, manu- als, memoranda, hand books, and that all-too-hard-to- put-one's-finger-on other current directives. To be sure that procedure is in accordance with current accepted policy, it is necessary to check well before using any of these publications. ls this the latest edition, with the latest revision, supplement, changes andfor deletions, or-maybe the whole thing has been cancelled ! ln between shuffles of paper work other incidental services are performed: preparing three meals a day, ordering, stowing and accounting for stores, making ice cream, operating the laundry, tailor and barber shops, maintaining staterooms and holding pay day twice a month. SUPPLY is happy to have efficient personnel in all four divisions to maintain a constant flow of the three B's and three P's.

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WSW! When an immediate need arises aboard the USS TOLEDO tor an enormous quantity of material almost impossible to obtain, to whom does the ship look? To the Stores Group I Stores Group, or S-l Division, is comprised ot twenty-seven general storekeepers and an aviation storekeeper. These industrious men efficiently provide one of the most essential services to the Toledo-that of supplying equipment and consumable materials to all departments. Basically the responsibilities include the procurement, receipt, stowage, expenditure, and accounting tor all general stores material, equipage, and repair parts for machinery, electronic, ordnance, and aviation equipment. Stores carried aboard amount to some 6,000 items of general stores material, 30,000 machinery spares, l0,000 electronic parts, l,500 aviation parts, 8,000 ordnance repair parts. I S-l also accepts office machines ot all descriptions for repair or replacement. As another service, we handle many shipments ot personal effects for shipboard personnel. The S-l organization is divided into three sections-ottice, spares, and GSM storeroom. The ottice SK's prepare and submit requisitions, maintain stock records, process surveys, exercise control ot allotments and departmental budgets, and handle a maiority ot Supply Department correspondence. Storekeepers in the spares section maintain allowance lists for electronics, ordnance, aviation, machinery spares, and all equipage records in addition to maintaining the repair parts storerooms. GSM storeroom personnel receive, stow, preserve, and issue all general material and maintain storeroom records. These are the service that S-l is proud and pleased to otter to the Toledo. LTJG J. H. COOPER