entirely too orowded to 6upport t~ oPe~tiom station as an independentactivi*Y on *W agsie~ce of M-l Mceesitated by thi8 Cm%e -S of the shore 181~nd. Additional reqwted from the Chief Operation in a letter dated 4 No~mber 1947. This letter was ahoct entirelY a request for SUPplY and shippi~ of 8 modified form of the Functional Component N2B from the M-me Outfitting Lists liavSandAPublimtion #28. &se Initial Aotion on this letter wao a~ost identical to that uhioh resulted from the letter of 24 Oot 1947. The liste of personnel for the cable-lafing projeot were painstakingly d~wn up and then embodied in a requeot for personnel addressed to Op-01 of the Offioe of tb Chief of Naval Operation. This letter was ~ted 5 Hovember 1947. The pereonnel to be ueed in the cable-la@ng projeot were ditidod into two groups. One group was to report to the U.S.S. MM-250 to assist that ship in cable work. It was ccmpriaed of one officer and fifteen (15) enlisted men of th following rates and qualifloatione: (1) o~m (a) one (3) Chief Boatswain,with experience similar to that required by Code 02111. (2) ENLISTED PERSONNEL (a] One (1) CM, (b) = Code 02111 (1) CQU, Code 0S111 (0) ‘ho (2) BM2, Code 02111 (d) One (1) SFl, Code 42321 (e) Ten (10) S1 or S2, Code 01090 28 Section XI