Personnel decontamination stations were established at the Parry Radsafe
Center, aboard the Bairoko and the Curtiss, and aboard the barge alongside
the Ainsworth.

Equipment decontamination areas were made available at Parry

and at the Kwajalein airstrip

(the Kwajalein decontamination was provided

by the Naval Air Station).
These stations included a clean-clothing change room, a contaminatedclothing change area, a shower area, and a monitoring point.

At the Parry

Radsafe Center the clean-clothing change room, showers, and monitoring
checkpoint were all located within the same building, whereas a contaminated clothing change area was located in a squad tent adjacent to the
shower area.

All persons who were found to be contaminated in excess of

the background radiation readings were required to shower with soap until
residual contamination had been removed.

Figure 35 shows the monitoring

procedure aboard the Curtiss, and Pigure 36 shows initial decontamination
of personnel at Parry.

The Bairoko decontamination station consisted of

salt-water showers and contaminated-clothing storage containers on the
catwalk adjacent to the flight deck, with the change room consisting of a
cabin just off the catwalk.

‘The Curtiss decontamination station used the

aft shower facilities for a change and shower area.

The radsafe barge

alongside the Ainsworth, which handled the greatest number of personnel,
was equipped with a control tent, clean-clothing change tent, clothing
issue area, and outside salt-water showers.

All persons returning to the

Ainsworth were monitored before being permitted to board the ship.

This

ensured that all contamination was removed aboard the barge.
Personnel decontamination progressed satisfactorily, although there were
reportedly objections to slightly contaminated lagoon water being used for
salt-water showers

(Reference 17, p. 58).

Other than aboard the Ainsworth,

the arrangement of change room and shower facilities aboard ship did not
completely prevent the spread of contamination.

Contaminated individuals,

in many cases, had to walk through the ships to reach the contaminatedclothing change room or showers.

The barge facilities adjacent to the

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