CHAPTER IXY RADIOLONaL FINDS 4. DESCRIPTION OF SHIPS Beth vessels are of ths cutter type operated by the Japanese Marie tine Safety Beard and eutfitted with seientifie equipment for cartegraphie survey work in cormestion with the Imternations] Geophysical Year. The eenplenent of the TAXUTO was 50 effieare and nen and on the STU, 62 mon, according te lista given te Dr. Hassler (Australian Bealth Officer). However, all leesl newspaper stories qute the TAXUTO complement as 51, The TAKUYO ie a ene year eld, diosel-driven vessel, nisely eutfitted, and im a clean condition, The SaT@A is a 14 year old, dissel-driven ship, and, relatively speaking, not quite 20 ship-shaps. Neither ship is fitted with a distillation unit fer evaperating sea water for drinking parpeses aud both ships loaded shere water at Tokye for the trip, Maxi mm speed ef both ships is 13 kets. Twe spellings of the noms SA4TUMA will be noted, “SATSUMA® is the eld spellings "SATUMA® is the new ame, now in use. 3B. JAPANESE RADIATION INSTRUISNTATION Tae TAKUYO MARU wes equipped with a laborstery-type geiger comter and a scintillation counter with a decp water prede. All were of Japanese newafastare, bat were very similer in design to equipment nemefostured ia the Grited States, Tas gviger counter was eqeipped with a ceiger tebe with an end | whandew of 1,42 ng/ent thickness for beta measurement. Accessory equip- BEST AVAILABLE Copy + Yet v ot nent wes on amplifier end scaler wait, Efficiency we said te be 9.66,