C cone G. W. Johnson Page Seven COPAA~317 An estimate of the office space required seems reasonable if placed at 10,000 square feet. This figure is arrived at by the summation of estimated minimum requirements which the various groups and agencies have occupied in the past operations aboard the TG 7.1 command vessel and at a single island camp. Included in this estimate is space for the following participants: / 1. A&C 3. 4. T.G. 7.2 Security UCRL Prompt Diagnostics 6 J.T.F. 7 Liaison 2. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Holmes & Narver T.G. 7.1 Command UCRL Fast Photo UCRL A-Division UCRL Operations EG& Sandia Corporation Rad-safe and Personnel Decon. Conference Room Fowr MSTS Most of the above list is somposed of relatively small numbers of people in each group. Space for diagnosties film reading and data reduction is included in the above. It is recommended that all of the above space be air conditioned for personnel comfort. We feel that cabin class quarters should be provided for all occupants in the above list. A rough estimate of the number of spaces required seems to be 150 at a minimum and errors of ormission will raise this figure. It is recommended that 175 -omfortable air conditioned spaces be provided. Due to the confinement, length of stay aboard, the fact that the ship will be dead in the water, or at slow speed with minimum wind ventilation possible, we feel that personnel comfort should be assured by air conditioning the quarters. The best estimate of machine shop space which can be given at this time is 400 square feet. ‘This space would be occupied by light machine tools in support of the technical programs. It is separate from that required in maintenance of the ship and it is essential that this experimental shop space be fully air conditioned as a protection for the precision equipment against corrosion damage. The most important basis for a comparison between a CW (or CVE) and the USS Curtiss which can be applied as an aid in the proper final choice is to directly compare those characteristics which define the operating and maintenance liability to be assumed. It is also important to compare the two ships physically as now outfitted to obtain an initial cost ratio. Some of the characteristics of the two ships are in the following table: |