Dixon (AS 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Medical Department LT Curry, Department Head LT Adkisson, Diving Officer LT Stoeckel, Division Officer HMCS Averette HMC Angel HMl HMl HMl HMl HMl Coquia Lebo Morello Post Sorensen id ' HM2 Burge HM2 Hadacek HM2 Hiatt HM2 (DV) Poplawski HM2 Romo HM3 Clemmons HM3 Negrete HM3 Valdez HM3 Woodall SN Hawkins The USS DIXON Medical Department provided round-the-clock emergency medical care, as well as routine daily sick call throughout the deployment. While on station in Diego Garcia recorded outpatient visits were 2,936. Sixty-six days of in-patient medical ward care was provided also. More than 750 X-ray procedures and a comparable number of laboraratory procedures were performed in support of patient care and of the 172 complete physical examinations performed in this period of about two months. The medical department served as the primary source for medical officer consultation to tended units, and provided assistance in the area of preventive medicine and in the performance of medical inspections. Shortly after leaving Diego Garcia, LT Adkisson successfully completed the first recorded appendectomy aboard the USS DIXON. The medical department is proud of its can do record of providing flexible and complete service to ships in availability, as well as to the DIXON crew.

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Deck Department CW02 Fenwick, First Lieutenant CW02 Sonnenburg, Ship ' s Boatswain BMC Hagner, LCPO BMC Vaughn, ALCPO D-1 Division BMl King, Division Officer BM2 Blakely BM3 Flockhart BM3 Gamez BM3 Morales SA Coleman SA Dore SN Greer, J. SA Guerra SN Hughes SN Lee SA Luna SA Morris SA Ollie SN Preciado SN Robinson SA Simpson SA Ward SA Weeks I