Grand Canyon (AD 28) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 84 text:

v dental The Dental Department has a com- plement of four doctors, one chief, and eight technicians to provide the best dental care possible. Treatments varied from reducing fractured jaws to full mouth rehabilitation. In addition to the routine workday schedule, dental provides emergency dental care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. While in Malta, dental care was also given to U.S. Embassy personnel and their families, this in addition to regular military appointments. Dental makes a major effort to give consideration to the patient ' s anxieties, in concert with the professional total care concept. And with the latest equip- ment, plus the most advanced methods of treatment available, and the high quality personnel, dental has been able to improve the doctor-patient relation- ship. The Department is proud of its can do record of affording each pa- tient maximum dental benefits as tho- roughly and as painlessly as possible, while also considering the operational requirements of GRAND CANYON and ships in availability as well. 80

Page 86 text:

I operations To fulfill its mission, GRAND CAN- YON must steam between ports from time to time, maintaining constant com- munications with other fleet vessels and the Navy Command. Meeting these crit- ical responsibilities are specialized bridge technicians called the Operations Team. Quartermasters deftly chart GRAND CANYON ' S courses over the seas; Sig- nalmen, masters of visual communica- tions; Radarmen, insuring unobstructed passage; Radiomen, monitoring elec- tronic communications, and Communi- cations Yeomen, filing and routing end- less message traffic, work day and work night, inport and underway, to guarantee continuous operations.