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MARINE REEF GROLP SPENT CAY Iti -vAPTAN AREA WITH EXCELLENT
CATCHe ONE “ORE GOOG DAY THERE SHOULD GE SUFFICIENT.
MARINE BOSTON WRALER GROUP SAMPLED IN ELMER*s REX AREA WITH
FAIR RESULTSe LIGHT COxING TOOL IS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE ON TYPE OF
HDOUTOM SUKFACE BEING ENCOUNTERED AbO ONLY ONE SMALL CORE SAMPLE
WAS OETALHZD. GRAB SAMPLER IS BETTER BUT DOES NOT GET A SAMPLE
EVERYTIME. GNE LARGE BARREL WATER TAKEN.
MARINE BEEP LAGOG:, okOUP OPERATED OFF LCU IN AREA NEAR CENTER
OF LAGOON USING THE PRNC PALUMBO SPRING LOADED GRAB SAMPLER. IT
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HA) EXCELLENT RESULTS» EVEN INCLUDING SAMPLES WHICH APPEARED TO
BE CHUNKS OF CORAL BROKEN CFFF LARGER HEADS. ON ONE RUN SHORTLY
AFTER NOON THE SAMPLER BECAME STUCK ON THE ROTTOM AND COULD NOT BE
FREEDe WE LOST IT WHEN THE COUPLIWo ANO SAMPLER FAILED. STEPS BEING
TAKEN THROUGH NOSHKIN TO OBTAIN REPLACEMENTS BUT UNTIL THEY ARRIVE
we WILL USE THE STANDARD TYPE OF BUCKET GRAS SAMPLER.
AIR SAMPLING GROUF HAVING UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES GETTING FRED
HI VOL SAMPLER OPERATIWG DUE TO CORROSION ON ENGINEe EXPECT THAT
OWE MORE CLAY'S WORK ILL GE SUFFICIENT. SECOND HI VOL READY TO 6O
AS SOCN AS LCU CAN BE SCHEDULED FoR TRANSPORT. LCU TO BE DOWN FOR
Ete INE REPAIRS ON 26 NOV.
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ACTION BEING TAKEN TO PROCURE CANVAS+ COTS ANDO SUPPLIES
APPROPRIATE TO SLEEPING TWENTY PEOPLE IN ADOITION TO CREW ON THE LCU,
eXPlcT THESE GOODS To ARRIVE ENT 29 NOV AND LCU To BE CONVERTED TO
HOUSE BOAT CN 29 Of 30 NOV. PROPOSED MMODE OF OPERATION WILL THEN BE
FOr FLOTILLA CONSISTINs OF LCUs GNE LCPLe AEC BOATr AND BOSTON
WHALER? CARRYING ENTIRE MARINE GROUPre AIR GROUP» 5 ENGR GROUPe AND
5 aD SAFE SUPPORT DEPART FRED AND OPERATE IN NORTH LAGOON AREA FOR
THREE DAYS (TWO NIGHTS) BEFORE RETURNING TO FRECe AFTER ONE, NIGHT
' STaY AT FRECe THE THREE DAY SCHEDULE WOULD BE REPEATEDs TAXI TIME
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WILL THEN BE MINIMIZED, THE PROPOSED LCU LIFE “STYLE APPEARS: To BE -
AUSTERE BUT GUITE ADEQUATE.
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