CHAPTER |, SECTION 1 (Neg. No. W-870-8) Figure No. 1-11. Weather Station — Nauru. casian individuals who owned Kusaie Atoll, and with representatives of other governments, as in the cases of Tarawa and Nauru. At the end of Operation HARDTACK,all Weather and Rad-safety Stations were rolled up, with the exceptions of Truk and Ponape which were constructed for the U.S. Weather Bureau. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS. In’ keeping with the increased operational scope at Bikini Atoll during Operation HARDTACK, several significent facilities were estab- lished at Site Nan. These facilities were the Communications Building, No. 204, the UCRL Assembly Building, No. 279, and the Barge Assembly Facilities, No. 281. The Communica- tions Building was required to house inter-atoll and intra-atoll radio communications equipment. The UCRL Assembly Building provided the User with the capability of assembling the test devices scheduled for detonation in the Bikini Atoll and the three-fingered barge slip and assembly area proved of tremendous value in water hull had been protected by cathodic treatment. Until such time as the LSM-444 was operational at Jobsite, the Navy madeavailable an LST to the AEC. After final acceptance trials were successfully completed, the LSM-444 departed from San Diego under tow for the EPG on 14 November 1957. The vessel was later named ALOTO and was christened at Jobsite on 30 December 1957. Early in 1958 the Director of Public Health Service, Marshall Islands, reported 46 cases of poliomyelitis on Majuro Atoll, the Headquarters of the United Nations Trust Territories in the Marshall Islands. This was a mild paralytic type with no cerebral respiratory involvement and affected persons with an age spread of 2 to 46 years. To prevent the spread of polio, H&N instituted a policy of inoculating all H&N contractual and TDY personnel at Jobsite. At the same time, a similar program of influenza inoculations was begun. Those persons refusing inoculations were required to sign waivers absolving AEC and H&N from responsibility in the event either disease was contracted. These barges.- two programs were rigorously administered and kept the number of influenza cases to a mini- When the need for additional water surface craft existed at Jobsite, steps were taken to transfer LSM-444 to the AEC for duty at EPG. Disaster struck late in 1957 when two typhoons, “Lola” and “Mamie,” passed near outfitting and loading devices onto the shot mum and precluded the outbreak of polio. This vessel, which had been in reserve at San Diego, was inspected by a representative of Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls causing total damage of about $132,500. No personnel casualties preservation. The interior had been kept com- done to the LST pier on Site Nan and Building H&N and was found to be in a good state of pletely sealed and dehumidified and the under- were suffered; however, considerable damage was 67 on Site Fred, as a result of “Lola.” ““Mamie”’ Page 31