Space control and terminal management at BIKINI is the responsibility
of TG 7.3.
To date this has proven to be an efficient air lift within
its capabilities,
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TG 7.3 has controlled all naval vessels in the area
during the period of this report.
This has not concerned the port
operations except in control of movement of the YOG harbor tankers
supporting TG 7.2 POL supply.
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COMMUNICATIONS:
During the weeks covered by this installment the primary
mission was operations, as opposed to the installation, test and train-
ing missions of prior periods,
The mission was basically to handle
the expanding volume of traffic which did not level off until the month
of March, and then at approximately 10,000 messages per week with an
average of 545 operational immediate messages weekly.
A delay in engineer construction projects and the late arrival
of equipment left certain signal installation work to be accomplished.
However, this work in each case was to improve existing facilities.
The following is a summary of the signal installation and construction
work that was performed during the month of February.
&. Wire Section: A total of 7000 feet of distribution cable
and an additional 150 telephones and 50 extensions were installed in
the Air Force Area (TG 7.4).
use:
The number of telephone lines then in
335 main lines, 150 extensions, 10 two way trunks to PARRY ISLAND
(ELMER), 5 one way trunks to ELMER.
b.
Radio Section:
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Radio transmitters BC-339 and BC-365 :
arrived late and were installed for the USS BATROKO and USS ESTES re=
spectively; a low frequeney inverted "L" antenna for the BC 365
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