Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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, Q - 4- A : T' - - lf . . A-4 H- - i A-1--'J ' ..:.,.,,- 14 1 H .A A H Ji f i::..:5qN:::-M 27,1-1 ' T .If A - Wy., SAIPAN T0 THE RESCUE u vit!!! QI rclL Q. There is one mon who hdd good reoson To be Thonkful on This Thonksgiving Doy. He wos Thdnkful ThoT SAIPAN wos nedrby ond responded To his coll for help. On 25 November, CopT. Von Opzeelond, of The oceon going Tug Solono suffered o heorT oTTock. Rodio Medicol, The worldwide rodio medicdl neTwork EvocudTion3 os soon os possible. AT 0645 on 26 November, Solono conTocTed SAIPAN on bridge To bridge rodio ond requesTed dssisfonce. SAlPAN'S docTors confirmed The didgnosis ond The medicol emergency. Copf. Rendrd coiled The ship To flighT quorTers, ond The response of The flighT deck crews ond HMM-2641 wos ropid ond professionol. VViThin minuTes They hod The deck reody ond d CH-A6 helicopTer wos off To Solono. The helo crew, CopT. G. M. Russell QPILOTJ, CopT. P. A. Loschiovo QCO-PILOTQ, LXCPL ScoTT CCREW CHIEFJ, LXCPL Brdhm LXCPL Herrerd, ond PFC Riedy were joined by SAIPAN SAR crewmdn AD'l Demefrius ond medicol personnel Dr. STeworT ond HM2 ToTe. While enrouTe To Solono ETHEMX HE Xl.l 11713 ill! The crew checked The hoisT ond prepored To recieve The poTienT GS Dr STeworT briefed The piloT os To his plons once The pdTienT wos oboord Upon orrivdl To The Solono The crew chief direcTed The piloT info d sTdble hover over The deck The plloT s visobiliTy wos limiTed by The smoll size of The deck dreo AD4 Demefrius wos lowered To The deck ond d sTokes liTTer wos lowered To him Wrfh dssisTonce from The crew of The Solono CopT Von Opzeelond wos prepored for Trdnsfer To The helo Once hoisTed oboord Dr STewdrT ond HM2 TdTe begdn immedioTe medicdl evdludfion ond TreoTmenT The Solono wos Towing d mdmmofh oil derrick which ddded To The complexify of The hoisTrng operdTion AlmosT os soon os The helo Touched down on SAIPAN S deck CopT Von Opzeelond wos rushed To medicol ond plciced inTo The inTensive core uniT He lefT SAIPAN wiThin o week in sTdble condiTion ond excellenT spirifs The Teom work of SAIPAN S crewmembers ond HMM 264 personnel endbled This rescue To be sdfe ond successful I I , x U! odvised Solono To seek o Medevoc CMedicol ' '

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LT HooTen HMCS DuqueTTe HMC SmiTh HM4 Pederson HM2 G-illeTT HM2 Helion HM2 Shaffer HM3 Kondor HM3 Kuharich HM3 Walker HN Kron HN Williams NOT SHOWN: HN Lewis DIVISICDN e... sn 1 Y! llrllllqw X QQFN 86 ,224 The SAIPAN Medical DeparTmenT does iT all. There is no Medical emergency ThaT SAIPAN cannoi handle. Some of The medical capabiliTy has been used in The TreaTmenT of emergencies from oTher ships. During The deploymenT, The Medical DeparTmenT was augmenT- ed by medical deTachmenTs from HMM-2611, BLT 2f6, and briefly by Surgical PIaToon Care UniT SixTeen. For a shorT Time The ship was known ThroughouT The Med as 'TNavy Regional Medical CenTer SAIPAN .

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