Chipola (AO 63) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1967

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Qldteny she took, i1Hrt 'irft6rfffrUfi6f1 U. S. S. CONSOLATION KA H- I 5 I The Gallopihqr C?thQlSt,ftfCffl,,fltGtllfittecfi COUFVH The irfodffhgtr j3Cmd,Aid, dndt fff17l'ie,,A1bino are nicknames ,itgivetimbv 1t1touem5ctsf,,p1Qff,tfiqhtinimenrtf fo, one Of the EWG fiefhainihg hoS1OitCilVfS11i15S' in CQmmiSS1Ot1f, 151-1thOI129d by theflliibspitbfllifS13i11zMfU55 C9N'5QL-ATION tihntirsgy :lt945 Gt fbboken' . - 7fShe1?isi, ?ifr'fr3rOf1i1CtlQ'Ot the fBGth-lehem Steel ,JQVG'ml1 tlewfhr Q? 520 ,feet CI 1'5nQ34L, l19nSf'yCi?719, JU. Cruising, T filet? dui? imVflQPW?i95'J? fWateref,,,eygeuat1nqiQcndwpcqrlnqfttiOr'teXf1Dr1SO11GfS He WIP Magic '.:fN l'rep,atr'1alte,d thousands of men from overseas Gf'ilfAQ1i,,WGT- , gg In july 1950, raptiay mobil-- ized to full 'Ml the first furnish She i'nv1ClSiO1'1 U at Wonson S1719 PSM United States toWliWeTdT6lO4by'GU'ftf'1FielAicopter la-i-u..- platform built on her after deck. She TE-1T'T '7 4 ' ' choRi, Korea, 15 miles above th- 591. marc... Operation Helicopter began Within 'rt 4 ,tl of Communist guns. The first battle casualty ever frown direct from the field of battle to a hospital ship was landed by marine helicopter on 1,8 December, 1951. This was the beginning of a mission unprecedented in naval or medical history. In March 1952 when the battle' action increased on the Western Korean front, the CONSOLATION was ordered to lnchon fb furnish medical support to United Nations Trocps. Patients Were received by boat and lielt ' -' 'tiny Within minutes of being wounded. In 1- nf' :he 'returned to the United States for upkeep an inishment of supplies. ' The CON SOLATION returned on , nicre to lnchon Harbor in Korea in September 1952 to continue her care of the sick and wounded. She continued mission until Iune 1953, when slcc 'eturnetl 7. United States for a brief' 'f ljl1'i1F3T1GT1Ce ara one period. In October 1953, she returned to Korean. tvcnert. .and although the, fighting had ceased there 1 s.-2' many patients to care for among the U' ' xlffiy-'1 troops and Korean civilians. During thfl ,Ops flict the CONSOLATION cared 'st A pffgiggggg from United Nations forcesg She- tr , une out from her Korean schedule to make a' goo - call at l-lirosh'::- lCIDan, where she fed hundred of 1 Jrnhan children.- The CONSOLATION is a vfgii- e'U,-upped qenggml hospital with all the facilities one vvould find at TT1OdeFT1 1'1OSDita1 within the United States. The medical facilities include 'four operating rooms an x-ray and fluoroscopic department, complete laboratory and Ll' bank: eye, ect nose 6. throat, urology, neuropf PhYSi0'1l19fCf13i'U ' I31'1CITT1'1CfCY Gnd dental oartrnemq There we beds for 785 Patients. The medical-and' ing Stdff are C111 highly qualified in their various specials ties. The mobility of a floating, well equipped general nospital, plus the innovation of the helicopter for lr transit of seriously wounded personnel, has brogglit prompt definitive medical care to Within minutes of the actual combat area. flaw tN's tif' are: rean ron. edit' ificer on her stati- .. ie tix United States tri.-ui Utilize a.. rph Cbrdirl WUV9 tracingl at sc. install alid use .,,n:1 as standard equipment. Have tr helicopter flight deck installed. 1 Receive casualties from battlefield via heli-

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