indicated both to Harry Brown and Wayne Munk from Holmes & Narver that I considered the ship marginal in size but that the walk-on capability swung the decision in favor of U.S. Oceanography. Therefore, any change in that plan of operation should have been transmitted to me immediately. It was not. During our initial discussion on 29 January, I was informed that if I "insisted" on using the barge concept there would be a two to three week delay in the sailing of the ship. Since we were already four days behind schedule and our medical consultants were due to arrive on the 3lst of January, the prospect of holding the consultants for a two to three week period was untenable. We were forced to devise an alternate plan. That plan included fabricating a semi-stable 8 x 8' platform to be located under the gangway and utilizing Boston Whalers to pick the patients up on shore and transfer them to the platform. U.S. Oceanography had listed two whalers as ships equipment. Those whalers were not brought with the ship to Kwajalein. Again, a deficiency in the initial contract. They relied upon the DOE whalers that were located on Kwajalein. Those two whalers, I had been previously informed by the Global Marine Dept., were in "bad shape". One of them was declared "unsafe" because of worn steering cables. These were the whalers that they proposed using for patient transfer. I was aware that the ship had been in harbor in Honolulu for about 24 days. During this period of time, I feel an effort should have been made to make the necessary modifications to carry the barges. Instead, this time was utilized to install such "critical" items as a large automatic ice machine which was not required for the medical mission at all, and a gas barbecuegrill. A second deficiency involved the rigging of protective canvas for the medical staff and the patients. +In San Diego, during our preliminary talks, we agreed that a canvas cover should be rigged from just forward of the wheel house to the forward part of the well deck to provide shade and rain shelter for both the patients and the medical teams working in exposed areas. No provision had been made for such protection and during the entire survey bits and pieces of canvas and plywood were used in a haphazard manner to attempt to give cover. On all occasions the cover leaked, providing a number of problems for laboratory personnel and to the staff in the open areas. The medical party's dining area was on the Ql level aft. A canvas fly had been rigged over this area but it was open on all sides. Since we were operating with constant trade winds varying from 10 to 30 knots, any rain was driven horizontally across this deck rendering the area virtually unusable during the frequent showers we encountered. During our initial discussions in San Diego, I emphasized the fact that on large medical surveys there was the distinct possibility that we would have at least 18 scientific personnel aboard and would, in addition, probably pick up one or two medical evacuations at a minimum, for a total of 20 required berthing areas. Somehow during the contract negotiations, this figure was reduced to twelve and I was never notified of this change. During the initial discussions plans for a waiting bench to be installed in the forecastle were included for the use of patients waiting to be x-rayed. This bench was never installed. My original plans for the Page 4 of 13 JUS i bey ENCLOSURE I