veaael wan fit for aoaa~l work only ~d Ootid not put to aea for protracted journey or independentOPe~tiOn. ● The method of load~ the oable directly from the shore on to the cable ship and the soarcitY of docking space at Eni~tok ~de an L6M highly desirable. It =8 the beaching abilitiea of finally decided to convert and use one L6M aa the oable-layingship. Toward this end planbcckleto ofan w ~re procured and the baaic elements of the conversion were drawn up in deaoriptiveterms. Because of the extremely large amount of oable to be anployed, extensive storage and working spaoe was needed aomewherei●shore. The requlrementafor a shore station were therefore drawn up. Personnel to operate the shore station and supplement the crew of the MM were aonsldered and lists of personnel for ship and shore were drawn up aooordlng to ?lkvyJob Code In order to insure that personnel of the proper qualificationsmightb obtaind. On 24 @tober 1947 most general deliberationshad oryetallized and a letter from the Conmander, Joint Task Foroo 6even (then aalled “Switohran””) uaa drafted and sent to the Chief of Naval operations. This letlxm outlined the cable-la@ng projeot atathg oertain speoifh requiresmntafor the projeot and requesting impleax!mtatlon of those requirements. This letter oonstltutos an exoollent reoord of the plans and details of the @able-laying projeot ●t that time and also gives ● clear pioture of the me+hod used to exeoute those plane. It is therefore included here. Deletions are made of non-essential inforamtioa. 16 section m “