Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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The nucleus begafl f0F1Y1iHg ifl Jamlilfy 1958 for the Medical Department when HM1 Castle, HMC Klein and HM1 Northrup reported to Receiving Sta- tion, Philadelphia, Pa., f01' DFG-C0111 3115 duty in the GALVESTON. At the same time two HM2's, Graham and Rosenbackg five HM3's, Bowers, Lassman, Ste- vens, Upton and Vayquez slowly reported to rec! sta, Norva., for pre-com and about 1 March 58 all had reported. Shortly after we began to function as 3 team, a Division. First aid lectures were started, training Film and demonstrations and the practice to be able to do and know became a routine for all hands. We were in business. Records were transferred and the pro- cedure of checking and making lists and transferring certain rates to Philly which continued then until a week before 28 May 58 when the last bus load left. the Norfolk area. Meanwhile those in Philly had their hands full too in setting up a unit and receiving records of people checking in, running down the Medical Dept. supplies and equipment, checking the sick bay spaces on the ship and handling stacks of stencils - mimeograph paper used in printing up Medical Dept. regulations, instructions and orders for all spaces of the department and as the work load progressed in Philly a Norva man was sent in to help out until about 1 April 58 our first Medical Offi- cer W. L. Johnson, reported aboard and half the crew was now in Philly. About the end of April the work of getting department gear aboard started and also more men had moved into the area which helped as it became apparent the bulk of the department was needed with the ship, this done, the spaces took shape and on 28 May 1958 set the first section watch in the Medical Department. 15 August 1958, and all river runs completed, we departed the Philadelphia area for NB, Norfolk, Va., and points South to the Caribbean Sea and re- turn on 1 April '59. Between these dates and various port visits a rescue at sea was accomplished with a Navy plane in distress having a three-man crew aboard which put into action the entire Medical De- partment by manning two of our boats, one on each side of the ship and providing the doctor and corps- man on the rail and alerting the sick bay and op erating room ready for the results of the victims of a crash landing of a Jet plane The angels were with all of them as they got out of the plane swam to the ship and brought aboard none the worse for a good shaking up and drenching A couple of hours rest and they were all as good as new Back in port now for a five month stay new faces arrived reliefs for short timers schools and change of duty stations and in July the arrival of our present Medical Ofiicers LT L I KOCH MC USNR Asher Johnson Lowe and Parham The Department plank owners are Northup HM1 and Chief Klein MEDICAL gc DENTAL DEPARTMENT and others as Lindstrom, Gill, Cary, Luescher, Helmsi

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