rs v Seripps Institution of Oceanography, reulred an LO! sepecially equipped with decking, davita, a stern anchor ant a fathometer to lay pressure-tine guages on submerged coral heads in Bikini Lagoon, Stanford Research Institute's Froject 3.2 ased an LOU modified by installation of a porteble fathometer, a gyro~conpesa with three repeaters and & tent wire sounting reel to make accurate fathameter surveys of the BRAVO, UNION ard KOCH craters. This LCU was also used in routine duties with the portable special equipment enporarily removed, A Project 6.6 station at Rongerik atoll was operated during UNION end TAEERS by Project personnel who lived on FC 1546 ani servioed the station during brief periods ashore on contaninalséd-mntlactok Island, PO 1546 was stationed at Roagurik on these tem shots with personnel of this ivans Signal Laboratory Project eboard, tegether with Air Forces personnel who operated the Rongerik weather station in the sane manne. 27- BELLE GOVE moved three barge loaded devices from Eniwetok to Bikinis those for RU&MZO, UNION and YANKEE, IST 762 moved the device for BRAVO, aml LST 551 portions of the one for Hd, since thay vere not mounted on a barge ont, cs equipped, could be better transported by LST. CURTISS, especially modified to transport and store material of thia sort, carried portions of several devicss between the two atolis.e 1D 28. =A otuly of the shot barges’ configuration as compared te BEILE GSOVE's well disenatoos comiucted long before the operational