Oa J3ei©29 sO § January 1957 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? | 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 5005102 2 29 4 ue” gv