The Secretary of the Navy and the International Food Service Executives Association established the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards Program in 1958. The award is designed to improve food service operations and recognize the best general messes in the Navy.

Capt. Ney served as head of the Subsistence Division of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts between 1940 and 1945.

2001 Awardees

Acting Navy Secretary Robert B. Pirie, Jr. recently announced the 2001 winners of the Navy Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards and the Marine Corps Major General W.P.T. Hill Memorial Awards for outstanding food service in the Navy and Marine Corps. Formal presentation of the awards will be made during the International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA) conference on Saturday, March 3, 2001, in Anaheim, Calif. 

Afloat galley winners in the Atlantic Fleet are:

• Submarine first place USS KENTUCKY (SSBN 737)(Gold)

  • Runner-up: USS SCRANTON (SSN 756)

  • Honorable mention: USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN 706)
    

• Small afloat first place: USS GLADIATOR (MCM 11)

  • Runner-up: USS UNDERWOOD (FFG 36)

  • Honorable mention: USS CARR (FFG 52)
    

• Medium afloat first place: USS CARNEY (DDG 64)

  • Runner-up: USS TORTUGA (LSD 46)

  • Honorable mention: USS MONTEREY (CG 61)
    

• Large afloat first place: USS BATAAN (LHD 5)

  • Runner-up: USS EMORY S LAND (AS 39)

  • Honorable mention: USS SUPPLY (AOE 6)
    

• Aircraft carrier first place: USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75)

  • Runner-up: USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65)

Afloat galley winners in the Pacific Fleet are:

• Submarine first place: USS OHIO (SSBN 726)(blue)

  • Runner-up: USS ASHEVILLE (SSN 758)

  • Honorable mention: USS JEFFERSON CITY (SSN 759)
    

• Small afloat first place: USS INGRAHAM (FFG 61)

  • Runner-up: USS GEORGE PHILIP (FFG 12)

  • Honorable mention: USS MCCLUSKY (FFG 41)
    

• Medium afloat first place: USS CHOSIN (CG 65)

  • Runner-up: USS STETHEM (DDG 63)

  • Honorable mention: USS ANTIETAM (CG 54)
    

• Large afloat first place: USS CAMDEN (AOE 2)

  • Runner-up: USS CORONADO (AGF 11)

  • Honorable mention: USS JUNEAU (LPD 10)
    

• Aircraft carrier first place: USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64)

  • Runner-up: USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70)

This year's Ney five-star award ashore general messes are:

• Naval Magazine, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif.

• Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

• Fleet Activity, Chinhae, Korea

• Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif;

• Assault Craft Unit Five, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

• Naval Station Bremerton, Wash.

• Naval Station Everett, Wash.

• Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.