Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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A crewmember takes advantage of GALVESTON's dental facilities to have his teeth cleaned. The Dentist checks a patient during sick call. 4 5 - fi-1111,-11: ry,--1 4 l.f..- -1..l'Jf,'w'-A Dental Solves Teeth roblems The Dental Department is responsible for the oral health of the men embarked in GALVESTON. The ship's well equipped dental laboratory is capable of performing anything from filling caries to complicated dental surgery During the cruise services were pro vided for the men of GALVESTON, the Staff of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TEN and for personnel from other ships ofthe task group. Equal emphasis was given to the correction of existing dental problems and the prevention of additional dental disease In addition, oral prophylaxis and Stannous Fluoride treatments were provided for the entire crew J Reavis T Fmnegml F PI'OCODiO LCDRR Skyberg 0 a 0 o . Q 0 a , 1 9 Q s Q 4 s . 5 x 0 , ' . , . , ' .

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154 Medical Safeguards uf ealth Front Row: D. Davis, R. Reid, R. Washin8f0H, P- Salyers, LT C- Haydel, A- Frazier' R' Hawkins' Back ROW: T' Baues' S, Hixenbaugh, P. Straub, T- Wiley, G- Beyer: D- H1111- The Medical Department on GALVES- TON is staffed by twelve Hospital Corps- men who man a sick bay as fully equipped as a small town hospital. The mission of the department is the same as that of the Navy's Medical Department, to keep as many men at as many guns as long as possible. With this in mind, the depart- ment concentrates on preventive medicine techniques to uncover health and sanitary problems throughout the ship and eliminate them before they can cause widespread disease. In GALVESTON's sick bay, there is a fully equipped operating room. Other facil- ities include a treatment room for d 'l ai y sick call, a twelve bed hospital ward, a four bed isolation ward, an X-ray dark- room, a medical record office, and a phar- macy laboratory. ' h high Haydel and his corDSmen apply a mg ga,

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156 , . . N 1 LCDR J, Stevens C. Stewart. Second Row: J. Blum, First Rcowz lgdairshgllff Iiirlgicglvlrhilgliegggls? 551331135 lghirz isgyvg J, Moore, J. Forte, M. Bell, R. Kato, N. Schwegel, L.Howen, .69I',- 1' ' R, Smith, L. Batorsky. avigation Plot ur Course Navigation Division's main job is to assist the Navigator. Although the division is small in size, it is of great importance to the ship. The men of Navigation Division, known as Quartermasters, keep the Quartermaster's Notebook in which the Of- ficer of the Deck writes down the ship's log. Other duties of a Quartermaster in- clude, recording the weather, determining the ship's ,position by dead reaconing, clestial, visual, and electronic fixes, and steering the ship during sea details when precision steering 'is required. Quarter- masters must be familiar with the oper- ation of all the equipment on the Bridge and know the meaning of navigational mark- ers and the rules of the road. They also must make all necessary corrections to navigation charts and keep all the ship's clocks on time. At sunset the navigator determines the shiP'S position by taking star readings with a sextant. 4 1 6 J J