Vulcan (AR 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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STATISTICS 107,095 meals fed 3.000 box lunches fed 134,795 pounds of laundry completed $220,000 in Ship’s Store sales 7.000 cases of soda sold 4,224 hours steamed 17,961 man hours on watch 5,937,200 gallons of fuel was consumed 4.860.000 gallons offeed water was distilled 4,944,171 gallons of fresh water was used 847 accident-free crane lifts were conducted Five VERTREPS were conducted 761 liberty boat runs were oonduct d 118 cargo boat runs were conducted 1,268 gallons of paint was issued Over 1,100 ID cards were issued Over 24 reenlistments were conducted 209 Military Leadership Exams were given $636,501.95 in money order sales Cashed $36,093.21 in money order sales $28,294.00 in stamp sales 66,311 pounds of incoming mail 24,094 pounds of outgoing mail 732 people were seen by the Chaplain 81 religious services conducted aboard VULCAN 15,490 incoming messages were processed 2,069 outgoing messages were processed 680.000 message copies were made 1,250 burn bags were d ?llM| twns 311 tooth extractions 515 cleanings 4,122 total exams 1,585 laboratory tests were conducted 1,811 audiograms were conducted 1,561 prescriptions were filled 881 X-ray exams were conducted 200 physical examinations 230 immunizations and a total of 2,055 sickcall visits The most outstanding statistics obviously came from VULCAN Repair Department. 22 IMAV ships were tended, 4,080 IMAV ships jobs were completed, total jobs completed were 4,829, 116 tending days, 41.63 average jobs per day and 80 fly awayteams were con-

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USSHAL ed in a qu $ T'W USS PHARRIS: A special who aggressively and professi and a half week period. Looking forward to wor VULCAN in the future. USS PETERSON: The positive attitude and top notch performance USS THOMAS C. HART: HART received constant support with of VULCAN Repair Department during PETE’s IMAV substantially a high degree of professional and expertise The efforts of all person- enhanced PETE's material condition. We’d welcome the opportuni- nel were exceptional. HART sincerely appreciates having support ty to go alongside VULCAN anytime. from a tender like VULCAN. USS WAINWR1GHT: Your Repair Department personnel were USS FARRAGUT: The superb cooperation and support received helpful, cooperative, easy to communicate with, and highly profes- during FARRAGUT's recent availabilities once again confirms VUL- sional.There were no jobs that required rework. We are looking CAN status as the top tender. We’ve truly been “Vulcanized”, forward to our next alongside period. USS DETROIT: Your dedication to helping “tend the fleet” was ssistance is truly appreciated. USS DALE: Cold iron services and completion of 275 jobs had a most positive impact on DALE’S material condition. As a result of your assist, we return to homeport in better shape than we left. i nose are just tew of the many Sravo-Zulus VULCAN received during our 1986 Mediterj agan cruise. The significance of comments like those are not received without the extra effort of all hands. Most shops and work centers had their turn with the shift work or extended working hours. For some shops, twelve hour days were the norm for the entire IMAV periods. This just proves that VULCAN is a dedicated ship and she truly “tends to be better”. 148

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