ea —“! . —s, \ Operation Order CTG 7.3 No. 7=-5h, (3) Radio silence below 272 mcs shall be maintained by all ships when outside of the lagoons, except to report contact with hostile forces, emergency disposal of Station 9@ or associated equipment, or other emergency. (4) Weather reports to JTF SEVEN Weather Central will not be made. 4. Logistics. 5. & As in Annex C, CTG 7.3 OpPlan 1-53. a Commander Task Group 7.3 is Rear Admiral H. C. BRUTON in USS CURTISS after 1,00 MIKE, 6 March 1954. b. Conmander N. B. DAVIS, Commanding Officer, USS EPPERSON, is second in conmand of TU 7.3.9. ce. Use gone time minus TNELVE (MIKE). d. Communications in &ccgrdance with Annex F, CTG 7.3 OpPlan 1-53. e. Task Unit 7.3.9 is dissolved whe 7.5 or his authorized representative accepts responsibility for associated equipment afterit has been off-loaded from BELLE GROV. en Task Unit 7.3.9 is dissolved, ships resume operations listed in CTU 7.3 messages and shot directives. weft ; \ . fo , ~ . — ‘ ? H. C. BRUT Rear Admiral Commander _ ™~ Annexes A Schedule of Events and Movements DISTRIBUTION LIST CJTF SEVEN CTG 7.1 CTG 7.2 CTC 744 CTG 7.5 CNO CinCPac CinCPacFlt CcmPhibPac USS BAIROKO (CVE 115) USS CURTISS (AV-4) RBatrol Squadron 29 (VP-29) No. of Copies 25 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 Copy Nos. 1-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-32 nA ga 33-35 36-37 38-12 L3-Lh 45-46 L7-L8 49-50 ‘oO