entirely too orowded to 6upport t~
oPe~tiom
station as an independentactivi*Y on *W
agsie~ce
of M-l
Mceesitated by thi8 Cm%e
-S
of the shore
181~nd. Additional
reqwted
from the Chief
Operation in a letter dated 4 No~mber 1947. This letter
was ahoct entirelY a request for SUPplY and shippi~ of 8 modified
form of the Functional Component N2B from the M-me
Outfitting Lists liavSandAPublimtion #28.
&se Initial
Aotion on this letter
wao a~ost identical to that uhioh resulted from the letter of 24 Oot
1947.
The liste of personnel for the cable-lafing projeot were painstakingly d~wn up and then embodied in a requeot for personnel
addressed to Op-01 of the Offioe of tb
Chief of Naval Operation.
This letter was ~ted 5 Hovember 1947. The pereonnel to be ueed in
the cable-la@ng projeot were ditidod into two groups. One group
was to report to the U.S.S. MM-250 to assist that ship in cable work.
It was ccmpriaed of one officer and fifteen (15) enlisted men of th
following rates and qualifloatione:
(1) o~m
(a) one (3) Chief Boatswain,with experience similar
to that required by Code 02111.
(2) ENLISTED PERSONNEL
(a] One (1) CM,
(b) =
Code 02111
(1) CQU, Code 0S111
(0) ‘ho (2) BM2, Code 02111
(d) One (1) SFl, Code 42321
(e) Ten (10) S1 or S2, Code 01090
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