USS BUSHNELL (AS-15)
  ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT
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                                                                                           The man pictured above is the one to whom
                                                                                           all the responsibility of the Administrative department
                                                                                           falls on. He is Commander H.E. FRY, Executive officer.

                                                 The personnel office, always ready to handle            Pictured above T.O. Hunt, who runs the
                                                 any problem which may arise, is manned by              multilith machine, which is also a part of the
                                                 Pendergist, PN2, Sibley, PNC, Holifield,PN3,         administrative division.
                                                 and Koftman, PN3.

                                                   Left to right; Biller, SN, Wangerin, YN3 and         The ship's library falls under the administrative
                                                   Harris, YN2, take time out to pose for photos.      department and has over 1,000 volumes of
                                                                                                                                Books.
                                                  The Master at arms force is directly responsible      The post office on the Bushnell takes care of
                                                  to the Executive Officer.They are, Buttons,SK1,     all Squadron and Bushnell mail. Pictured
                                                  Shafchuck,BMC,Hilbun,DC1 and Kasper, EN1     above is Pringle, PC1, and Gee, PCSN

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                                                  Mr. Ziemkowski is shown in the Administrative          Chaplain P.C. Bentley has many duties, and
                                                  office with his efficient workers, Harris, Blackwell,      interviewing is just one of them.
                                                  Bleile, and Wells

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  DEPARTMENT WITH A MISSION
            by G.J. Ziemkowski, ENS, USN
Although the administrative department on the BUSHNELL is one of the smaller departments personnel-wise, it is responsible for a wide range of activity on the ship. Everything from Sailor Joe's hat being worn in accordance with uniform regulations, an accurate daily accounting of over 900 officers and men, the spiritual and morale welfare of these men to the myriad mound of paperwork necessitated by the very nature of the mission of the ship, is the responsibility and the duty of the Administrative Department.
The Department is headed by Commander FRY the Executive Officer, and, unlike most departments in the Navy setup, has offices rather than divisions under his direct control. Except for the fact that all personnel in the Administrative Department are in the X Division for accountability, the jobs themselves are "office" type rather than division type jobs.
Commander FRY is assisted in his mammoth job by two officers and the Chief Master at arms, each of whom report directly to him. LCDR BENTLEY, the Ship's Chaplain, beside being responsible for the spiritual welfare of the BUSHNELL and all of Submarine Squadron 12 also maintains liaison with the local chapter of the American Red Cross and the Navy Relief. These two organizations provide invaluable assistance to the ship and through Chaplain Bentley these organizations stand ready around the clock to assist Bushnell personnel in time of need. Among the many additional jobs assigned the chaplain are the Ship's Library, with well over a thousand volumes to help entertain and educate the ship's force during off duty hours, the ship's newspaper, band, as well as conducting protestant Sunday services and our daily evening prayer at sea, and arranges for regular spiritual services of other denominations.
Ensign ZIEMKOWSKI, like the chaplain, wears many hats in his daily work with the Administrative Department. As Administrative, Personnel, and Legal Officer he is responsible for the maintenance of the official record of all personnel on board. Under the able supervision of Chief Personnel man SIBLEY, the personnel office maintains over 850 enlisted service records, is responsible for all correspondence pertaining to advancements in rating, receipts and transfers of personnel, discharges, reenlistments, identification cards, and all other matters from the recording of births of dependents to deaths of service personnel and anything else that could conceivably occur between
In the administrative office, under the guiding hand of Chief Yeoman WALKER, all records pertaining to the ship are maintained. All official mail arriving or leaving the ship is processed here as is the never ending task of keeping the ship's orders, organization and daily routines current and disseminated.
All legal items, from "Captain's mast through investigations and courts-martial are the order of the day in the Legal Office. Here again Ensign Ziemkowski, a graduate of the Navy's legal school is ably assisted by Alfred Wangerin, YN3, who is a graduate of the U.S. Navy School of Justice and is well qualified in the latest techniques of court reporting and the clerical field as it applies to the Navy law - The Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The Ship's Post Office, another of the Admin. Officers responsibilities, is headed by PC1 Pringle, and with his two assistants, handle all phases of Post Office duties from selling stamps and money orders to delivery of personal and official mail to over two thousand men of the Squadron.
Last but not least, is the job of security and policing which, with his force of 6 master at arms, Chief Boatswain's Mate Shafchuck takes great pride. From the universally dreaded word "reveille" to "lights out," the MAA force is about the ship performing duties from directing traffic to investigating irregularities and generally keeping order on the ship.
As we said above, we are a small department, actually less than 3% of the total crew, but we are an all-encompassing department as evidenced by the jobs described above.

 

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