ai “wawate Ee 5 ft ye i 3 degree of Atomic:Defense readiness before the ‘first CASTLE shot. in a August i953 type commanders had been informed of the special Atomic sa ‘Defensepreparations thiat would be ‘required of shipsad unitstiomin- ce .ated ‘for CASTLE.» ‘Before “BRAVO all units had completed satisfactory: pe radiological safety cxereises and inspections, conducted by the state i| = | ia , dye @ Radiological Safety, officer, Loe Dehe Pickler, USN.g Waterspray . equipment devised and.supplied bythe‘Bureai of Snipe to’‘minimize - . contamination of aahip subjected, to fallout had been assented for a . sa all_ships and installed with BuShips technical assistance.he A Bashi| ee representative,‘ie."Ss Seynour Gordon, had bean assigned to the Task cxsip a Conmanden's“staff to’assist in thisprogram.“Standard AtomicDefense- . a “patesere moditied to‘provide for‘operation of the water spray equ5 i ‘nek‘Decontamination stations frescriedin'Nay& directives “werepoe i- a . “for,tse. "ALlomances ot‘protectiveelothdagaradtac“inatininsa’ewere:2 Con “tha, the Labtierwithconsiderable atzticuty“aus ‘to ‘the“comaratdve ©: 2 :3 @ oe ; : . 248 . ; a 8 = . . ‘scarcity of instrunent8. RadSafe ‘personelcompleted‘sonte DefenseBe ” an andmonitoringcoursesat training schools,“ma“ant,deorewere aac: “doctringtedin BasieRadiologicalBatotgecre13 cotatiched.‘and—— "ated a radiac dnstrunent’Pool, ‘inthe‘obrardarea, to.assist| ahipe | " personnel to repair>at calfbrate ‘their instruments. Slee“ “Be. ot . ~ These extensive preparations proved their worth when, in the - first CASTLE shot on 1 March 1954, the ships deployed off Bikini were 2. 2e cIG 1.3 ltr serial 00440 of 24 August 1953 3e 4e TG 7e3 Instruction 0344014 TG 7-3 Instruction 3440.24 . we 328 .