CHAPTER 7
SUPPLY
7.1
PROCUREMENT AND SHIPMENT
Equipment procurement differed from that of Operation Ivy in that items were obtained on
a permanent issue basis rather than on temporary loan. A table of equipment was conceived
and expanded during the interim period so that requisitions could be initiated to military and
It was understood that the expenses of TU-7 were jointly sponsored by the AEC and the
Department of Defense (DOD), with the latter considered responsible for providing standard
military items of equipment. When nonstandard items of equipment were utilized by the task
force, in general, i.e., density goggles and film badges, it was the custom to obtain these
items from a fund established by JTF-7,
A request was made through the Budget and Fiscal Officer for the establishment of a fund
of $8500 to cover the purchase of 2500 4.5 density goggles, 500 dust respirators, and 20,000
film badges; $4500 to provide for the modification of a mobile photodosimetrytrailer; and
$2000 to provide for the transportation charges of the Unit.
Requisitions of military items were processed through JTF-7 and issued on memorandum
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AEC supply agencies.
receipt to J-4 by TG-7.2. Nonmilitary items were shipped to J-4 by the Supply and Property
Division, LASL, for further issuance to TU-7. Nonstock items were purchased by the Supply
and Property Division and charged to Test Division funds.
All agencies were extremely cooperative in providing equipment for the overseas opera-
tion and contributed immeasurably to the accomplishment of the mission of the Unit.
TU-7 equipment was shipped by water three months prior to Operation Castle and arrived
without material loss or damage. Ninety per cent of the equipment was on hand one month
prior to the operation. An oversight by staff agencies caused a temporary shortage of critical
batteries just prior to the operation.
Two field laboratory trailers were loaded and off-loaded from the USS Bairokoat the San
Diego Naval Air Station prior to and after Operation Castle. Transportainers were utilized to
transport and store protective clothing throughout the operation. These cubical storage areas
7.2
LAUNDRY
Contaminated clothing was laundered principally at Parry Island, although small amounts
were initially laundered at Tare. The ship’s laundry aboard the USNS Ainsworth laundered all
Rad-Safe towels at Bikini Atoll. The contaminated clothing was shippedin plastic and cloth
bags to the Parry Island Rad-Safe Center, where it was turned over to the H&N laundry.
Facilities specifically set aside for the laundering of contaminated clothing were:
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were required to provide versatility throughout Castle.