Seripps Institution af Oceanography, re,ulred an LG! especially equipped with decking, davita, a stern anchor ant a fathoneter te lay pressure-time guages on subcwrged coral heads in Bikini Lagoon, Stanford Research Institute's Froject 3,2 used an LOU modified by installation of a portable fathoneter, a gyro-conpass with three repeaters and & tent wire souniing real to make accurate fathaneter surveys of the BRAVO, UNION ani KOON craters. This .CU wes also used in routine duties with the portable special equipment enporarily removed, A Project 6.6 station at Rongerik Atoll was operated during USION end YAEESS by Project personnel who lived on FC 1545 and serviced the statien during brief periods ashore on contasinetid-iniasetok Ielend, PO 1546 was stationed ab Roagurik on these teo shots with personnal ef this fvans Signal Laboratory Project aboard, tegether with air Foros personnel who operated the Rongerik weether station in the sase mamer, Ze ROLE GROVE moved three barge loaied devices from Ezinetok to Bikinis those for ACEO, UNION and YANKEE, IST 762 moved the device for BaVO, axl LST 551 portions of the one for HM, siace thay were not somted on « barge ont, es equipped, could be better transported by LST. CURTISS, especially mdified to transport and store material of this sort, carried portions of several deviess between the two atolls. LB Ze =A etudy of the chot barges’ configuration as compared to BEILE GSOVE's well dimmatons coniueted long before the operstional 44