Posted at 12:50 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2005
Pearl Harbor ship aids sailor at sea
Advertiser Staff
A Pearl Harbor-based Navy ship came to the aid early this morning of a crewmember on a Panamanian-registered ship who lost his right hand and who may have suffered a broken arm in addition during an accident aboard the ship he was working on.At about 1:40 a.m., the USS Chung-Hoon, a guided missile destroyer, met up with the bulk carrier "C-Laurel about 360 nautical miles northeast of Kahalui, Maui, to evacuate the injured crewmember.
A medical team from the Chung-Hoon treated the injured seaman, described as a 59-year-old South Korean national.
A Kane'ohe-based helicopter assigned to the Chung-Hoon was scheduled to fly the injured man to the Queen's Medical Center as soon as the ship was within helicopter range of O'ahu.
Plans called for a Coast Guard C-130 airplane to monitor the helicopter flight and provide communications while the inured man is transported from the Chung-Hoon to Queen's.
The Chung-Hoon was conducting operations nearby when the C-Laurel sent a distress call to the Coast Guard, which then notified the Navy ship.
