j VOLUME VI, NUMBER 39
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ADAK . SUN
25 SEPTEMBER 1961 i
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ADAK’S HATCH CREWS CONSIDERED THE VERY BEST
To do a job - any job isn’t really much but to do a job
better that is something. LTJG LARRABEE is proud (& just—
ifiaoly so) of his Hatch Crews who constantly strive to do
better than "average” in their operations.
Thanks to men of the Naval Station from all kinds of '
billets (Postman, Yeoman strikers. Dersonnelman. d-?vpr*s
|—• i 1 I drivers, supply clerks and many others) Adakians are sup *•
j _j lied with their needs from toothpicks to mobile cranes.
C: \ r ■ ; . There are eight hatch crews assigned to work each cargo
—j-1—-,.j ship that arrives at Adak. The men who are assigned this
duty are from the Departments of the Naval Station and the
|; Marine Barracks and their Hatch Crew assignment is in add
■!; i'tion- to their full time regular military and professional
i! duty assignment here on Ad ale. There is no person, no com*-'
t mand or activity on Adak that does not benefit from their
ZI labors.
.Included among them are some CB*s and perhaps that is the reason for the "Can Do-4
spirit which prevails at cargo handling operations. nShips crews of the vessels we
work are sometimes skeptical on the estimates of time necessary to unload them-thev
are only skeptical once" says BMC KNUTSON of the Labor and Equipment Branch of the
Supply Department. Adak’s average of about 24»6 measured ton unloaded per hour ppr
hatch crew means less time than the 9—10 measured ton average the ships usually ex
pect.
In spite of this increased rates of tonnage on unloading a ship the Safety Factor
is not forgotten and the biggest hazards contine to be sprains and sore backs accord
ing to KNUTSON who thinks that the new physical fitness program will eliminate some
of that.
Weather conditions being what they are (snow, sleet, rain and hail make no diffe
ence) and the fact that the men come from all Departments and ratings give more emp
hasis to the fact that these men deserve a ’<WELL DONE” from All Hands.'
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