Louisville (CA 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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An underway recovery of these aircraft in smooth seas is accom- plished by the plane landing and taxiing up to a sled which is towed from an extended shipis boom where it is caught and hoisted aboard by a crane. If the seas are rough the recovery operation is a little more difficult. The ship makes a long, smooth turn, creating a slick in which the plane lands when the wind is right. Again he taxiis up to the sled, taking care not to dig a wing or swerve into the ship. It is a tense moment as the p1ane's float hovers on the edge of the sled trying to hook on. Once caught she is quickly brought aboard by the shipas crane. Below: In port with the ship at anchor, recovery easy. The pilot lands, taxiis into position under the crane and is hoisted aboard. 43

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SICK BAY Our Medical Department is equipped and trained to handle all cases from the many odd little complaints that show up each day at uSick Call to major operations and treatment of War casualties with all the latest means known to medical science. Though they call them 'Till Peddlersn and other names at times. the crew still runs to the pharmacist's mates when in trouble. The picture on the right shows preparations being made for a tonsillectomy operation aboard ship. WMM The series above show an appendectomy being performed aboard the Lou at sea The anesthetic IS administered through a hypodermlc 1nJect1on to the spinal column When all is in readiness the doctors select their lnstruments and go to work. A careful record lS kept throughout of respiration, pulse and blood pressure It IS exacting woik and no cinch when the Shlp IS rolling Flnally the appendix IS reached, lemoved, the wound sutured, and the patient IS sent off for recovery. The dentist, too, has his own office furnished with the latest equipment of that profession. 45