16 Jmuary 1957
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WCKEs
No, this is uith one LSD,
GTBITNS s Waat you're saying is that you have a conteption of three LSDs for the
whole operation.
RICe
If you have just one for Bilcini and one for Taongi, one more than we've
had in the past, that means probably a four day round-trip, at least,
amd prooasly another three or four day stand-by.
IWCKEs
You might run into the same problem we had at Bikini, having to ley off
the LSD for four days to reline it's boilers.
Ric:
Weil, you almost nave to have one haling and one standing by if you're
going to make this fiva day firing schedule you're talking about,
VANs
Vell, 1f you need these tuo LSDs te operate, that almost justifies the
FELTs
a
expenditure for a nice eam ashore,
Ho, I don't think that's right.
Weil, it makes that mich more money available, rather tha pour it into
ships,
RCs
That LSD will cost you, vhat?
Well, the point you're missing, Van, is that whether you have a camp or
not, just to move barges and support the small boats, you have to accept
this LSD tining.
FEL?:
Vell, it's possible you could have & esup and stay in there,
RHC:
Yes, in the save fashion you stayed on [nyu this time,
have a capability of doing something else, too,
But you have to
You ¢an't pick up your
boat pool on the night of mimis ono end get back to Eniwetok to pick up
another borb.
Now you might sneak in a trip back to get anotner bob
whils you're mooring the barge you heve. .
FELT 3
But then when you have a bom> on board, you can't pick up the boats.
Rics
I think maybe you could.
COPIED/DOE
LANL Fo”
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If you changed that barge design, those things
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ae sr
That's if you're using Bikini.
5 tee BBRibsaltar asians obo e
Right.
a. ok
DICKEs