Task Group 7.3 (Navy) This group provided the living support at Bikini as well as several specialized sea transport and scientific experiment support activities. The TG 7.3 tasks as they were finalized in JTF 7 Operation Plan 3-53 (Reference 9) 1. were as follows: Provide for the security of Enewetak-Bikini danger area. 2. Operate a boat pool at Bikini. 3. Provide a forward area interatoll surface transportation system. 4. Control harbor operations at Enewetak and Bikini. 5. Detail two PBM amphibians and required personnel to the operational control of CTG 7.4 to provide amphibious airlift services between Enewetak and Bikini when required. Provide shipboard assembly facilities for the experimental devices and laboratory, shop, and office space for TG 7.1. Transport the experimental devices and associated personnel between and within Enewetak and Bikini atolls. “provide suitable escort in transit and conduct rehearsals of this activity as required. Operate a ship-to~shore and intra-~atoll helicopter lift system at Bikini to support preshot operations and postshot flights for damage survey and recovery of scientific data. Assist CTG 7.4 in this activity at Enewetak upon conclusion of Bikini operations. Provide space on the USS Bairoko for a mobile radiochemical laboratory and a photodosimetry trailer and the associated operations of the radsafe unit (TU 7) of TG 7.1. 10. Conduct all aircraft decontamination operations aboard the Bairoko without outside assistance; conduct aircraft decontamination operations ashore at Bikini with assistance from CTG 7.1. ll. Provide decontamination crews for TG 7.3 aircraft at Enewetak Atoll; assist with TG 7.4 aircraft decontamination when required. 12. Provide shipboard command, control, and communications facilities for CJTF 7; staff, communications, 61