Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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In splmfmg fracfures freafmg burn cases freahng shock sfopplng hemorrhage rellevlng suffermg dressing wounds and In fhe freafmenf of ofher cases whlch usually come wlfh baffle Durmg spare momenfs on fhe shalcedown cruise and on fhe frnps which finally broughf us fo Ullfhl ready for baffle fhe corpsmen made fhousands of bandages puf fhem up IH packs had fhe packs sferllnzed and dlsfrubufed fhe sferlllzed bandages fo fhe various baffle dressing Approxlmafely IOOOO feef of dry plasfer of paris bandages were rolled by corpsmen and sfowed an boxes which were dlsfrlbufed fo fhe baffle dressing sfafnons On fhe nlghf of ll March l945 'fhe Meducal Depf personnel were called upon fo puf Info use all fhexr medn cal knowledge Worlung af non sfop feverxsh pace fhe Randolph Medlcal Depf wufh fhe and of medlcal men from nenghbornng shlps had fhe snfuafnon well under con frol wnfhln 24 hours despnfe fhe large casualfy lnsf which clazmed 29 dead and 105 wounded The phenomenal feafs performed fhaf mghf speak well of fhe Randolph Medical Depf and will be re membered for many years fo come Alfhough fhe Medical Depf ns one of fhe smallesf ones on fhe sh: four of nfs men received nn urles as a res P I U of fhe suucnde haf Lleuf lg Wayne C Hood and Rnchard P Swlff PhM 3!c suffered back mlurles Owen Bechfel Ph M 3 c suffered exfensnve fhard degree burns and John C Afhanasslou S I c received shrapnel wounds nn fhe forearm and chesf On 7 June when fhe Randolph was haf agaln fhe Medncal Depf had fhe enflre sxfuaflon complefely under confrol wufhnn sux hours affer fhe accldenf From fhe fume of commlsslomng fo fhe firsf bsrfhday 258 operafnons were performed by Randolphs docfors nn fhe operafmg room Of fhese operafuons 2l were appendncufus cases and 52 fonsll cases The mosf operahcns performed In one monfh was 54 fn March i945 fhe monfh we were haf by fhe Jap plane Forfy fwo operahons were performed ln Ocfober l945 and 34 In June I I O ll I U I . D . ll I I . I . . . . I I X I . . ' . . . . . . I f I . sfafions scaffered fhroughouf fhe ship. ' . X s, W A A JQT-4 'R - wsm - lg, fe-, sb-fl hug, in ,Q . ..

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gr' an ,K NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT To ihe smallesi deparimenl' aboard ship 'falls a mogf responsible iask-'rhal' of ge'Hing ihe ship 'io where it mus'r go, by +he righi direciion, and ai' The righl' lime, Our firsi' problem in navigaiion originafed long before 'I'he Randolph's commissioning pennani was raised. During iraining monihs in Newpori, ii' was ofien necessary +0 keep consiani waich io insure Thai' 'rhe quariermasiers mainiained a irue course and speed when enrouie from barracks io ihe char? correciion building. Thousands of charis and publicaiions had 'io be cor- recied in preparaiion for fuiure use in guiding The ship aboul' ihe world. As if was found a sieady diei of chad correciion soon grew monoionous and ii was oiien neces- sary for Ensign Jack Prowse +o sieer fhe boys away from ship's service and back 'lo lhe charis. Our iirsf weeks aboard ihe Randolph were busy ones. Our primary iob was geiiing spaces in order for sailing. The bridge needed alieraiions, charis and insirumenis had io be pu'r away, a navigaiion office was io be organized. We were a small ieam. Commander Blackburn, now Execuiive Officer, was The navigaior, and his assisiani, L+. Magor, was our division officer. We comprised 'rwo main raiings, quariermasiers and musicians, a combinaiion of sirained iaciions. The pied pipers and ihe quariermasiers oiien iangled. The only neuiral was Builer, +he navigaiion yeoman. Our four buglers had iheir own problems. Four experienced waich officers and four compeieni junior officers formed our underway waich ieam. Two