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were transported by air to the PPG.
All other devices were transportéd~
on the USS Curtiss. All transportation was accomplished on schedule without delay,
TU-10 operated by using specific teams_of people for specific jobs -
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Each team did its par-
ticular Job oneach weapon under the coordinating control of the Commander
or Deputy Commander of the Task Unit.
In addition, the handling and mov-
ing of the device was supervised by the engineer must familiar with the
gen -ral design of the weapon. By -vtating crews at the PPG, it was possible to have an average of only about 17 peopic present, of whom only five
were required to remain for the full duration of Redwing.
A coinplete diversity of zero stations was used.
Two ground stations,
two airdrops, three towers, and four barges were planned, Of these ten
were used, only the Alternate ”
~|a_ground shot, being cuncelled.
_. The firing of one device,J—
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J This was accomplished without incident.
A very tight schcdule was maintained throughout the operation and
after a slow start relatively little delay occurred. This could not have been
done if the weapon teams involved had not operated at peak efficiency.
A sumunary of the highlights of TU-10 operation follows:
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Lacrosse [
May 5
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10
24
25
25
29
Lacrosse detonated
Cherokee)
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April 10)
May 6
May 8
May 10
May 12
May 16
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May 21
Arrived PPG
Dummy moved to location
Detonators instalied
Nevice moved to location
First scheduled date
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Arrived PPG
Device checked out
First scheduled date
Device taken to Eniwetok and put into
aircraft
Device returned to Parry
Device taken to Eniwctok and put into
aircraft,
Cherokce detonated
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April
April
April
April
April