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
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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
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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.