European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse One of two Navy helicopters assigned to the Datum Itrat in tort Landing on the ship s helicopter pad while the ship la moored at the Augusta bar pier in Sicily. Below looking Over the Tlatov supplies aboard the Sutu Rrt Art Petty officer 2. C. Roger Cooper Ami i Kathleen Cripps. Down to Earth duty on Saturn Byj King Cruger Mediterranean bureaus he Navy Supply ship Seldom ruts Pool Loi Teng. But in Sura gets around the 512 loot Saturn is a floating Supply i Krilof. Towing nearly everything Glt Elcel ships Mit he no cry during i heir Long Mediterranean deployments Chr Saturn. Of pealed by the Navy s tillary Seal ill come. Sails with a pm Era a Civ men and women civilians and sailors 01 the 195 Crew members 65 Are toy. The remainder Aio civil service employees tie command operates a number of Supply vessels and Anh is some afe leased or chnrtciedl20. Tike ihc1 Saturn. Rico Vnod by Iho Navy. Those make Only pan to Pomi voyages say irom new York to Creme Haven. Germany and that Don t operate to Crula by with naval forces hire to Navy people Sta honed aboard Suatt count 1 Riipi me Altvan captained by civilians said the Saturn s 43 Yea old skipper. Slip Fin Aspios. Born in i Eccl. Bul raised in he i York of. He s been go Fig to sea since he was 19 a pious ample r ular Navy ship. One disadvantage to serving aboard Saturn v member s Are constantly being called on to carry out different tasks. Everyone hero has at least six std Jim o Noil who. M chief Mato is second in command. No two Days me the same aboard Saturn. Ii makes it Good for the Crew icy Don t have time logo bored said the 41 year old former Mavy Oft Cor who now makes his Home in Jacksonville Fla. The Saturn will carry out 30 to 35 a reps underway replenishment during a deployment those replenishment Are done by either slinging cargo by wire trom the Saturn to the receiving ship or by helicopter. Sometimes both methods Are used to quickly Supply a ship two Navy cd 46 choppers Are carried aboard plus 2.200 different repair parts Lor them. The 28 people who capt Stephen a plots Petty omcer3, c. Dave Baker Wal Chi Petty of Foch Psia 14 the stars and stripes
