STURICAL INSTALIMENT NO. III
SECTION I
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ORGANIZATION
TASK GROU! COMMANDER'S STAFF, BOAT POOL AND UNDERWATER DETECTION UNIT.

Seven officers were added to the Staff during the month of May,

completing the Staff Organization except for the RadSafe Officer, LCDR
GRUBB, who was not due to report until in July.

Indoctrination of the

Boat Pool Officers in staff planning matters- was gomoleted early in June
and they were ordered by the Bureau of Persomel, on request of ComTask

Group 132.3 to the Amphibious Training Command, Pacifie Flest, at San
Diewo, California, to assist and participate in the training of the

Boat Pool enlisted personnel being assembled and trained in that command
ard to further report to the Commanding Officer, USS OAK HILL (LSD.7),
for dutv with the Task Group Boat Pool, when activated. In addition
to the staff indoctrination, BOSN F. J. COOK attended a two weeks course
in Radiolorical Defense at the Naval Damage Control Center, 2hiladelphia,
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Pennsvivania.

The enlisted Flare Allowance for the Commander Task Group 132.3
was revised by an increase of 28 ratings (24 as an interim allowance

to expire 31 December 1952) as follows:

Purpose

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4

Ratings

1

Now

TG COR's Barge Crew
1 BM2*, 1 EN3*, 2 SN
*Transferred from Boat Pool Allowance

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Radiaec Instrument Maint.

1 ETC, 1 ET3

2

Communicators (Visual)

1 QM1, 1 OM2, 2 OM3

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