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for instance, fron the ‘aritime Authority, said that it sounds like
what you're after is the RUSC\Z, a hospital shio.
I think this is
true, you don't necd a ship Like the CURTISS, with seavy sheos,
WCiE:
How about another LSD?
GIS3INS: Al, I believe, personally, that if we -o to Taongi, and we're soing to
operate like this, we should have a second LSD.
WCE:
TI think so too, but I was wncering if, outside of a nother siip for
your eboats, etc., could you also use an LSD as your instrumeated
sip?
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GIBBINS: No, I don*t think you could.
I'm mre you couldn't house the nunber of
7-1 pesole that would have to be housed and still use it to support the
small boats and move the barge, ete.
WCKE:
Well, as I soe it, if you use Taengi, you're going to have one LSD
devoted full time to that atoll, to nuove the barzes and support the
emell craft.
GIS8INS: Well, it would not have to be there full-time, if you moved in an APL;
a licAPL, not a Navy APL.
WCKE,
Bet therets a problem of boat maintenance, repairing Neboats aid T-boats,
etc,
GIBBIZS: well, supporting your APL caap ashore would be similar to the boating
for a weather station, excost you have to make more irips,
WCKE:
ileli, I remembor the tine small boats had maneuvered in the oven sea
on trips fran upeatoll sites to Nan at Bikini.
You'd have the same
problan at Taongl; the distances would not be so great and you would be
in the lee of the atell, but you would still be operating in the open
SEA.
RACs:
I think an “Meboat would be srt of useless to you outside the atoll.
CURRY:
The only cireunstance I ean think of under whieh you wouldn't need
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