e/.. ree 3 . ar _RG 374 Derewse ‘wee le qu . er ore7 3 No. 3-54 Lo cation Ageves i ce SEVTeEN Task For Joint OR atoll, M. in Task Group 7.3 Adm AMINET YANRC Access 1. CSA L240 Bex J/I5 22 January 1954, 1200M FolerJTF 7 CTC7. 3 Task Organization Operatrws Plan NO, TE 7.3.1.2 1. Wi €.- /-S3 USS PC 1172 General Situation Task Group 7.3 consisting of USS CURTISS (TU 7.3.0) and Escort Destroyer Division TWELVE (TU 7.3.1) is scheduled to arrive at ENIWETOK Atoll at about O700M, 24 January 1954. Enemy Force. CinCPacFlt Inst 003360.2B is effective for Task Group 7.3 which is considered "other forces" as directed under Situation One, circumstance b. CinCPacFlt Inst 003360.2B is effective for TE 7.3.1.2 under Situation One, circumstance b, when within ten (10) miles of Task Group 7.3. CinCPacFlt Inst 003360.2B is effective for TE 7.3.1.2 under Situation One, circumstance ¢ and Situations Two and Three at all other times. Friendly Forces. Continuous air cover will be provided Task Group 7.3 © when within five hundred (500) miles of ENIWETOK Atoll, and special -ASW patrols will be flown within seventy-five (75) miles of ENIWETOK commencing 221200M. No friendly submarines are expected to he in the ENIWETOK Area. | 2. Mission. This element will insure that no submarines.nor other unauthorized craft are in the eastern and southeastern approaches to ENIWETOK Atoll. 3. Tasks of this Element ae Conduct an ASW patrol of the arc-shaped area bounded by the southeast quadrant of ENIWETOK Atoll reef, an arc five miles to seaward of ENIWETOK Atoll, the latitude line 11° 28'N and the longitude line 162° 13'E from 231600M to 24,0300M. 4 b. Conduct an ASW barrier patrol eight miles long and three miles deep to eastward of Deep Entrarce approaching the reef not closer than one mile from 240300M until otherwise directed by CTU 7.3.1. e. Investigate and develop all underwater contacts. d. Take action as prescribed in appropriate Situations, Enclosure (1) to CTG 7.3 Admin. CTG 7.3 Admin. Report all contaets Report all verified underwater cogtacts to CTG 7.3 and of CinCPacFlt Inst 003360.2B. ,