Here is a 4 June 1959 memo from the Commander of Task Group 7.3 to JTF-7 (the cowmander is F.L. Ashworth) on a report studying “Maximum Reduction of Task Group 7.3 Personnel Commensérate with Anticipated Workloads." The task group is A at this time divided into two parts, the headquarters in Washington and the boat pool at Coronado. As for the headquarters, the minimum number of personnel required through 1 Sept. 59 is 13 officers and 14 enlisted men and 1 Sept. 59 could be reduced to five officers and five enlisted men, with the recommendation that the JH commander still be an additional duty of a Rear Admiral assigned to duty in the office of the CNO. Factory. The headquarters currently occupies Bldg. 126 at the Naval Gun As for the boat pool, the present strength of 3 officers and 110 enlisted men should be maintained through Sept. 1 of 59 with a possible decrease to 1 officer and 25 enlisted men by the lst of Jan 1960. This would be a satisfactory nucleus to support a build up for open seas or EPG testing in the Pacific. It would necessitate mothballing and storage of most of the equipment in the custody of the boat pool. If this small nucleus could not be maintained then the response capability for a typical EPG operation would be at least 2 years. Even with the small nucleus of personnel, the boat pool would require at least 4 months to be ready for an openseas or a Johnston Island type of testing situation.

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