Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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Medical Department From the very beginning of the Navy it has been necessary to make provisions for the care of the sick and injured. An act of Congress in 1799 provided that A convenient place shall be set apart for the sick and hurt men, to which they are to be removed, and some ofthe crew shall be appointed to attend them. In 1814, Navy regulations referred to the Loblolly boysn who served the Surgeon in this capacity. Surgical team has been frequently utilized, both for emergency and routine procedures. Two appendec- tomies were performed in one night, a challenge which put great demands on the entire department. The Pharmacy is stocked with almost every drug on the Navy list. The Laboratory can handle a variety of diagnostic tests, and the X-ray unit is capable of all routine studies. The Medical Department maintains all stretchers, first aid boxes and battle dressing stations throughout the ship. This complex mission requires from each member of the Hospital Corps a versatility neither demanded nor expected of other enlisted ratings in the Navy. The primary mission of the Hospital Corps is to keep as many men at as many guns as many days as possible. VVherever you find the Navy, wherever you find the Marine Corps, there you will find the Navy Hospital Corpsman. 148

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First Row LCDE HJ. Post, CAPT. LD. Drew, RADIVI Lot Errsey. COR C.L. Stewart Second Row LT L.H. Adams, LT C.A. Byers, LTJD T.R. Kinberg, LCDR R.S. Patten, LCDR W.R. Beck, LT R.C. Doyle, LTJD LG. Bexley X Flag DIVISIOH No military or naval force can accomplish anyth- ing worthwhile unless there is in back of it the work of an eflicient, loyal, and devoted staff. This quota- tion from the HSchool of the Citizen Sailorn essential- ly expresses the reason for the existence of a Flag Division. The primary objective of the division is to assist the Flotilla Commander in his duties and responsibilites. Ten oHicers and forty-three men, including Yeoman, Quartermasters, Radiomen, Signalmen, Radarmen, Boatswain Mates, Sonarmen, Stewards, and Marines, compose the staff Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Nine was formed on 1 September 1961 when Destroyer Squadrons One and Twenty-One, and Cruiser Division Three combined to form the single organization. Since then the Commander and his staff have lived up to its motto of On the Moven by making seventeen moves in nineteen months. The USS OKLAHOMA CITY QCLG-SD, USS TOPEKA QCLG-BJ, USS HENRY B. WILSON QDDG-7j, USS SAINT PAUL CCA- 73j., USS HULL QDD-945j, and USS COLUM- BUS CCG-12D have taken turns serving as Hagship. GALVESTON has- served longer as flagship than any of the others. 150