a Tan c a catesnee AO Ctetmeteh oy woe ns cia TO ooRE Te Coe ret -3on the 31st days behind schedule and our medical consultants were due to arrive of January, the prospect of holding the consultants for a two to three’ weck 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 undar the gangway and utilizing Boston Whalers to pick the patients up on shore and trans~ fer them to the platform. equipment. U.S. Oceanography had listed two whalers as ships Those whalers were not brought with the ship to Kwajalein. a deficiency in the initial contract. were located at Kwajalein. Again, They relied upon the DOF whalers that ‘hose two whalers, I had been previously inforned by The Global Marine Dapt., were’ in "bad shape." "unsafe" bacause ef worn steering cables. proposed using for patient transfor. harber in Honolulu for about 24 days. One of them was declared These were the whalers that they I was avare that the ship Nad been in During this period of time, I feel an effort should have been made to muke 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 barbecue grill. A second deficiency involved the rigging of protective canvas for the medical staff and the patients. In San Dicgo, during our preliminary talks, we agreed that a canvas cover should he 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 stafE in the open areas. medical party's dining area was on the 01 level aft. The A canvas £ly had been