= J3dl-29 16 January 1957 | another LSD is if Bikini were out altogether. LUC} ts Raght. FELT: Would you need’an extra one if 3i -ini vore operated on a limited basis? Tnere*d be no shot barrees ct evacuation of boats. LUCK: If you operate 3ikini as at cniveiok, that’s true, CURRY: An alternative vould be a snall floating dry-deck. Even with snxall Shots at Bikini, you'd still need a fairly zoodesised boat pool and you'd have to support them eamehow, SANDERS: Also, in order -to maintain the firing schedule you're talking about, that one LSD is voing to have to be free to go back and forth. It can't stay at Taongi until just before the shot a it won't get back. RCs It would tale it easily four days to nake a round trip, GIBBIiS: De you suppose Hé!! will ever beat 8 hours in setting dow the moorings? RHC: T think they have gone through the precess of mooring ad fired in 72 hours, that's from the tixe they drovpad archer until they fired. GIBSINS: In connection with the LSD, it would be bringing in the barge, flooding down, and releasing the barge, then just standing by with the small boats until yon Nred, unloacing them and leaving for ihe next barge. So it vould be used just in support of Taongi during the time of firing. RAC: That's operating on a pretty tight schedule, That Mgures out to abat en eleven day tycle between shots. GIS3INS: Eleven days. How do you figure that? LUCKE: It would be about eight days. Two days dam to Eniwetok, one day to leosd, two days back and about 72 hours to moor. GIBBINS: Seventyetwo hogrs to moor? RHC s About that, from mooring to firing. VAN s Laother LSD would cut that down, GI33INS: Well, I thought you were adding up what you could do with two ISDs. 59057103 | -De« es,