SUFPORT PERSONNEL PRIOR TO THEIR DEC 13 DEPARTURE, BY vec le SetT-OUT CF TLE's WAS 75 PERCENT COMPLETE WITH | APPROX 75 €:} PLACED or ablICés EXLLEs CLARAe - DAISYe IRché Anu PeARLe WevuLSDAY CEC 13 wAS CEVOTED TC LOADING Afyw THURSDAY To EMPL ACE’ cit] CF 35 TLU'S AT 28 JANET STATIONS. REsAINING ARE YVONWE Alu ENIVETOK, PARINE REEF GROUFsS ow DEC 7 AND & CONTIiWWUED IN SIlyu UnlLerwéATER PROLE SURVEY OF YVUNNE LAGOONe ACCOMPANIED PASE 3 RUAJSLC 0076 UNCLAS BY SOTTO SEDIMENT SAMPLINGe SIMILAR PROGRAM PURSUED OFF ENIWETOK AND PARRY CECEMSER 9 FOLLOWED GY A RETURN TO YVONNE FOR MORE CETAILED DOCUAZENTATION OF SEVERAL HOT SPOTS EXTENDING OUT TO 65 FT CEPTH. DEC 14 DEVOTED TO IRENE (S80GON) AND THE SEMINOLE CRATER.» BOTTOM SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AN. SOME MarINE SPECIMENS COLLECTED. BaRINE DEEP LAGOON GKOUP: DEC 7 PLAWKTONTOWS AND FISH COLLECTION IN THE wIpe LAS AGEe LCU COMPLETED 3 DAY NORTH LAGOCN TRIP WITH 14 WATER AND GRAB SAMPLE STATIONS. DEC 8 RESUPPLY ANC GEAR hiA INTENANCE ¢ PLOT SAMPLE LOCATIONS. DEC 9 OEEP CHANEL PLANKTOW TOwS AND GRAB AND WATER SAMPLES IN ANDO OUTSIDE CHANNEL AND IN wIDE PASSAGE. DEL 10 GRAB AND WATER SAMPLES WEST AND NW GUADRANTS.e DEC 11 ANO 12 HAND COKES* WATER AND GRAB SAMPLES FROM NORTH AND NORTHWEST INCLUDING MIKE AND KOA CRATERS.» 0ZC 13 RESUPPLY AND REFIT. DEC 14 CORES AND GRAB SAMPLES SE QUADRANT. BOSTONWHALER MALE 1 PLANKTON TOw THEW FORCED TO RETURN BY BAD WEATHER. PRINCIPAL DEFICITS IN THI PROGRAM ARE PLANKTON AND DREOGING, UNLIKELY TO BE MADE UP BEFORE DEC 20 ESPECIALLY IF WEATHER WORSENSe PASE 4 RUWSSLC 0076 UNCLAS SUPPORT HAS BEEN GENERALLY ADEQUATE. COMMUNICATION CUTASGE CF ALMOST ONE WetK DURATION WAS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF BEAM POWL-RUBE WITH WO SPARE ON HAND DUE TO SEVERAL EARLIER FAILURES ALL ATTRIEUTED To ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGES AND SURGES. AFTER HAVING BEAM POWER TUSES ON BACK ORDER SINCE MAY 1972 COmi CTR HA FINALLY GOTTEN A ESPONSE TO A GRRL BNes EMERGENCY KEQUISITION. LCM IS FINALLY IN SERVICEONE LCPL eTE/PORARILY OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS FOLLOWING CORAL " HEab GRGUNDING. SINCE DEC 13 wE HAVE BEEN WATCHFUL BUT NOT SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT TRIFICAL STOM VIOLET DEVELOPINO IN THE SAME AREA AS OLGA AND INITIALLY FORECAST FOR AN ENIWETOK VISIT» VIGLET NOW AFPEARS TO BE TRENDING SOUTH AND IN 151200Z SYivOPSIS IS DOwivGRALED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 33. PROBABLY NOT A MATTER FOR CONCERN BUT PROBABLY ALSO CUcz TO SLOw GOWN BOAT OPERATIONS DURING PASSAGE. END OF PHASE II STATUS RPT NO 24, BT #0040 sO sO ee Tem een eeenn etenan A nt an me oe a ee en ee - —~— -—e es