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Seripps Institution of Oceanography, reulred an LO! sepecially equipped with decking, davita, a stern anchor ant a fathometer to lay
pressure-tine guages on submerged coral heads in Bikini Lagoon,
Stanford
Research Institute's Froject 3.2 ased an LOU modified by installation
of a porteble fathometer, a gyro~conpesa with three repeaters and &
tent wire sounting reel to make accurate fathameter surveys of the
BRAVO, UNION ard KOCH craters.
This LCU was also used in routine
duties with the portable special equipment enporarily removed,
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Project 6.6 station at Rongerik atoll was operated during UNION end
TAEERS by Project personnel who lived on FC 1546 ani servioed the station during brief periods ashore on contaninalséd-mntlactok Island,
PO 1546 was stationed at Roagurik on these tem shots with personnel
of this ivans Signal Laboratory Project eboard, tegether with Air Forces
personnel who operated the Rongerik weather station in the sane manne.
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BELLE GOVE moved three barge loaded devices from Eniwetok
to Bikinis those for RU&MZO, UNION and YANKEE,
IST 762 moved the device
for BRAVO, aml LST 551 portions of the one for Hd, since thay vere
not mounted on a barge ont, cs equipped, could be better transported
by LST.
CURTISS, especially modified to transport and store material
of thia sort, carried portions of several devicss between the two atolis.e
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=A otuly of the shot barges’ configuration as compared te
BEILE GSOVE's well disenatoos comiucted long before the operational