% Jamvary 1957 S31e29 de not have to be so high. GISBINS: I don't think there is my advantage to it, Bob. RUC: Rather than have the LSD just stemuing around after it has mileaded, the barge waiting to pick up the boate, 4t could be naling a trip to Endtretok to pick up the next barge. I will make you a bet that it isn't the night of ninus ona. FEIT ot up there. RAC? Perhaps not in that place. CURRY s Maybe you just use T-boats, and use tugs or something lile that to escort the T-boats to sea. TI think you are going to have quite time getting two LSDs, let elone threo, I think one of the questions here is just that does the eddition of RCs Taong’i buy you, tinowise, in shortening the operation. We are just trying to cot an estimate of hor ofton you could Mre over there with ons Dog boat. QIBsINss We would like to preserve a fiva day capzbility. FELT: You have ecm dom two days since I last talked te you. It was seven. GIB3INS: With a seven day capability, I think you can do it, with ono LSD, FELT: Just barely. GIBBINS: Two days dam, two days back end three days up there, Yes, but this three days up there is with everything running very RCs mnoothly. Ye3, and dem there, he has get to load too, you have to aliow tims VAN: for thet, ICKE: Yo. Imow how we got the LSD up in the lee of Bikini Island, because o the emocthness of the water in the lagoon. the berze again in the open sea, LGIBBINS: Not after the first shot, abe - actly, Here you would be dissharging

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