CHAPTER IV, SECTION 4
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WIDE, WITH A 200 FT MOLE
ConsteUcTeD ALONG EAST
SIDE OF CHANNEL STABILIZED
RAMP AREA IS 200 FT. WIDE.
ALL TIDE CHANNEL
iCU, LCM
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BLASTING CORAL SHELF AT BEACH
AOMOEN
(GEORGE }
LINE. CHANNEL IS 75 FT. WIDE A’
BEACH, RAMP AREA IS STAMLIZED
100 ET WIDE, DERELICT PONTOON
OAT WAS BLASTED CLEAR OF
CHANNEL ON EAST SIDE.
DOG, EASY, FOX & GEORGE
CONNECTED BY CAUSEWAYS
CHANNEL AT SITE GEORGE
ALL TIDE CHANNEL FOR iCU, LCM
.
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ms,
NOTE:
CONDITIONS SHOWN ON THIS
MAP ARE AS OF } MARCH 1954
BIKINI — -
(wow)
NOTE
FOR ADDITIONAL “ANCHORING PROHIBITED”
AREAS, REFER TOUS NAVAL HYDROGRAPHIC
OFFICE CHART NO 6032.
BLASTED CHANNEL )
300 FT LONG,100 FT. WIDE,
WITH A 150 FT. MOLE CON
STRUCTED TO NE OF CHANNEL
STABILIZED RAMP AREA 1S 100
FT WIDE THIS CHANNEL IS
DIFFICULT TO WORK DURING
HEAVY WEATHER DUE TO EXPOSED POSITION.
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AS OF6-24.53
AT
ANGLE TO IN
BEACH.
WAS45°CORRECTED
SEPT. THIS
BY
ROMURIKKU
{FOX}
YUROCHI
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MOLE
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to
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all TIDE CHANNEL & ~~
i te 2
.
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Lou, LCM,
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(BLASTED CHANNEL).
UORIKKU
ANCHORING (EASY)
300FFT LONG AND 200 FT
,
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1
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LST, LCU,LCM & puKw ANY
TIDE, SANDY BEACH.
SN nN
PONTOON BOAT FLOAT
LcU, LCM & DUKW oi
TIDE, SANDY BEACH.
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BUKW ONLY
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SANDY BEACH
an
LCU- 2.0 TIDE OR BETTER
PS
LCM- ANY TIDE
BOKOAETOKUTOKU
“~ DUKW-ANY TIDE
( ALFA}
LCM ~ 3.0 TIDE OR BETTER
OURUKAEN
fst
/
DUKW- ANY TIDE
2
(ZEBRA)
,
SANDY BEACH
fe
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ARRIIKAN —
ff
LCU - 6.0 TIDE OR BETTER
(YOKE)
LCM-3.0 TIDE OR BETTER
é
SITES ITEM, JIG, KING, LOVE, & MIKE
ARE WORKED BY DUKW ONLY
BY BLASTING, CHANNELS COULD
BE MADE FOR LCU’S & LCM’S.
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So,
AS OF 6-24-53 HAS ONE POSSIBLE
barRaNce ON LAGOON SIDE AND
" THENEE OF
aree JUTTING OUT
200 FT. FREE OF CORAL HEADS TO
A WIDTH OF 200 FT CONSTRUCT
A MOLE THE REMAINING 300 FT TO
THE BEACH. CONSTRUCTION EQUIP.
MENT MUST FIRST BE LANDED FROM
UCU
ONTO
¢
DA REEF AT LOW TIDE ON A
DUKW - ANY TIDE, SANDY BEACH.
7 LCU, LCM LOW TIDE ONLY
* TO 1.4 SEACHING ON REEF
DUKW- ANY TIDE
(GHEERETE
auKos1 ——’
(vieToR)
Lcu, Li CM, ANY YY TIDE. . tl LIMITED AMOUNT
AS OF OCT 1952 A NATURAL
SANDY BEACH EXISTED. A MOLE
(LATER A FREIGHT PIER) WAS
See100FroeOR EADS.
1" WERE BLASTEDTi ‘0 WIDEN CHAN | NEL
ACH AREA TO 200
| ET IN-JAN. 1953. THE RAMP AC| COMMODATED ONE LST AND 3
[CUS
OR
4
LCM’S AT SAME TIME
|
L
|
|
BEACH RETRACK AT
NEAR HIGH TIDE
LST, LC & LCM
ANY TIDE
\
BIGIREN
Beaching Conditions - Bikini Atoll
Page 4-4]
3
ROCHIKARAI
(LOVE)
LCU,LCM & DUKW ANY TIDE
BLASTED CHANNEL - SANDY BEACH.
,
\
LsT MOLE . CHANNEL CLEARING
TO -18 FT. REMAINS TO BE DONE
LcU & LCM LOW
TIDE +1 OR LESS
Te
\— LCM‘S- ANY TIDE, SANDY BEACH
(KING }\,
YOMYARAN
{JIG}
JON CHEB! |=
(MIKE)
|
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Te
CABLE ARFA - ANCHORIy
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TIDE OR MeTitR
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BEACH;
THI
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ENIURIKKU
WATER LAY oe OF THIS fieLF. Lcu’s MUST
(UNCLE)
USE STERN ANCHOR ASTHEY BEACH AT
RIGHT ANGLE TO WIND AND SEA. BEACHING IS DIFFICULT ‘SuniNG ROUGH WEATHER
4. a
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ENYU
(NAN)
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Ne PRONIBITEND
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see
“
~ AS OF 6-24-53 CHANNEL BLASTED
TO
ws FT. WIDTH AT BEACH, WHICH
WAS WIDENED TO 75 FT. IN
SEPT. 1953,
150 FT. FROM BEACH CH.
FT. WIDE AND EXTENDS 500 FT. WHERE
DEPTH IS 16-18 FT. RAMP AREA IS
STABILIZED 100 FT. WIDE. A DERELICT
iCu IS BEACHED
RAMP AREA
ON SOUTH SIDE OF