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Command and Communications Matters
(Tost Operations)

Gencrel operational mattcrs erc as given in the besic plan.
is shot-time. R-hour is reboarding-time.

5.1

H-hour

Pre-shot Preparation Schedule
5.1e1

On-sitc equipment checks and preparation
See paragraph ).2.3

5.1.2

Dry runs and shot rehearsals

Air samplers will not participate in shot rehearsals.
Particle collectors and recording instruments will be opcrated during
dry runs.

5.2

Typical Shot Schedule
5.2.1

Operations prior to H-hour

5.2.1.1 At about two hours prior to shot time, three

project members will board BAKER and two will board ABLE. One man on
each ship will throw all switches to start the instruments.
(All svitches
will be located in the corridor between the ventilated compartments on

each ship.)

5.2.1.2

On BAKER, one person will check the operation

5.2.1.3

On ABLE, one person will check instruments in

of instruments in the boiler system and fireroom, one person will check
the stock instruments and instruments mounted on the superstructure, and
the last person (switch-thrower) will check the instruments in the ventilated compartments,
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the ventilated compartments and fireroom, and one person will check the
instruments mounted in the masthead and superstructure.

5.2el.4

When necessary, instrument checkers will wind

clock drive mechanisms essential to the operation of instruments which
they are inspecting.
5.2.1.5 At no later than boarding time plus forty-five
minutes, all five persons will be evacuated from the ships (about H-1

hour 15 minutes).
5.2.2

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Operations between H-hour and R~hour
5.2.2.1

teams and survey teams.

Final instructions will be given the recovery

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