this ship, wherea other ship. 3 would not be the case in any 1 AR To be used primarily in support of the underwater shots 1 TAP To te used as a headquarters and hotel ship for TG 7.5. It is assumed that the AINSWORTH, which was used during Operation REDWING, will again be available for Operation HARDTACK, This ship is required for personne] evacua- and the Navy task vsrouos,. tion at Bikini and to insure an afloat operational capability for the task force, 5 ATF 1 AN Commander Brown (TG 7.3) discussed briefly the proposed use of the ATF's, He pointed out that of the 5 being requested, only 3 would be required during the entire operation, The remaining 2 would be used primarily for one-time tows and positioning of the target array and could be released at the conclusion of this task, To be used in positioning the target array for the under- water shots. (Subsequent to the conference members of the JTF-~7 and TG 7,3 staffs agreed that an ARS vice AN ° would be more suitable and would therefore be requested.) In concluding the discussions on Naval ship requirements, it was emphasized that these revwuirements had been based upon such preliminary information as was available before the conference, and that some modification of our requirements would undoubtedly occur as the concept of the operation becomes firm, It was also stated that althoughwe could not completelv justify our practice of requesting specific ships by name, we had named such ships to indicste our preferences and desire their assignment if at all possible, It was pointed out that the ships listed did not include transit oilers and reefer ships which will be required for purely logistic purposes, Col Lucke and Commander Keegan then introduced the subject of the transport of devices to the EPG, CDR Brown stated that he felt any regular Navy ammuni- tion ship was suitable for transport of such devices, Dr. Felt concurred, CDR Keegan then asked if an escort for the transporting ship would be required to which CDR Ellison replied that this decision was out of the purview of this headquarters, and that to the best of his knowledge, had not been made for Operation HARDTACK, CDR Ellison then stated that there was an additional major item which had not been covered, that of an additional ship whose primary purpose would be to vrovide an emergency evacuation capability at Eniwetok. This subject is still under study by personnel of the CJTF-7 and CTG 7,3 staffs, and while an AFA is under consideration, no specific tvre ship has been settled upon at this time. However, it was considered appropriate to alert the CNO representatives present to this requirement since it is mandatory that it be fulfilled if a two-atoll evacuation capability is provided, (Subsequent to this conference CJIF-7, as the result of the staff study, has decided the evacuation capatility at Eniwetok requires an APA type ship. ) AFWL/ HQ tp, hh a af