CHAPTER I, SECTION 1
for their accomplishment. By 1 April 1958 these
measures were adequate and had not deteriora-
facilities were ready for use in support of the
test series, remaining only to be manned.
Early in 1957 reconnaissance trips were
Theair field rehabilitation program on Site
Fred was an extensive project which had been
in progress since January 1957; runway extension and various modifications and additions
were started by November 1957. This project is
discussed in Chapter II, Section 5. Also started
made to various off-atoll sites to determine the
feasibility of these sites for proposed weather
and rad-safety facilities. Shortly thereafter,
criteria were firmed up for temporary camp
requirements and Engineering prepared design
drawings for specific needs of each Weather
late in 1957 were the fire protection systems and
and Rad-safety Station. The main base camp
at Nan in Bikini Atoll was activated during the
pump houses on Elmer and Fred.
first week of June 1957, and rehabilitation and
Operational requirements for simultaneous
timing and firing signal systems and separation
of signal and telephone cables necessitated a
comprehensive rehabilitation and extension program to submarine cable plants at both Bikini
and Eniwetok. The accomplishment of this re-
new construction work were started immediately.
Operating from Nan, off-island camps were con-
structed on Sites How and Oboe; drawings were
released during June 1957 for these camps, and
construction was virtually completed by late
October. In February 1958 a small support camp
was authorized on Site George, which was completed by mid-April.
quirement necessitated the examination andtest-
ing of 2,112,800 feet of existing cables and the
installation of 114 million feet of 16-pair and
26-pair submarine cable.
A new type of submarine cable terminating
vault was designed and constructed to accom-
From Elmer on Eniwetok Atoll the offisland camps at Janet and Yvonne were constructed; drawings were released during June
1957, and construction was virtually completed
plish a separation of the communication and
signal cables at the landings. Where existing
by early November. Drawings were released on
submarine cable terminating vaults were rehabilitated, a second vault was installed for the signal
the Weather and Rad-safety Stations from Sep-
tember 1957 to February 1958, and construction
and transportation schedules were established
cable. A total of 21 cable landings were accom-
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