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I3aH @29
Sanuary 1957
for instance, fron the “Maritime Authority, saic that it sounds like
what you're after is the RESCLY, a hospital shiv.
I think this is
truco, you don't need a ship like the CURTISS, with neavy shovs,
QUCKEs:
How about another LSD?
QIBBIES: Al, I believe, personally, that if we co te Taongi, and we're going to
operate like this, we should have a second LSD,
WCHE:
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I think so too, but I was voncering if, outside of a xother siip for
your ‘ieboats, ete., could you also use m LSD as your instrumented
ship?
GIBBS:
No, I don", think you covld.
I'm ave you couldn’t house the aunber af
7.1 people that would have to be housed and still use it to support the
gzall boats and move the barge, etc.
DICK:
Vell, as I soe it, if you use Tasengi, you're going to have one LSD
devoted full time to that atoll, to move the barges and support the
eaell craft.
GIBSINss
Voll, it would not have to bs there full-ties, if you moved in an APL;
a Hel APL, not a Navy APL.
WCeiee:
But there's a probism of boat maintenance, repairing Mebosts and T-boate,
etc.
GIBBITS:
Well, supporting your APL cazp ashore would be similar to the boating
for a weather station, excoot you have to make more trips,
WCKE:
Weli, I romerber tne tine small boats had maneuvered in the open sea
on trips from upeatcll sites to Nan at Bikini.
You'd have the sama
problem at Taongl; the distances would not be so great and you would be
in the lee of tha atoll, but you would still be operating in the open
82a.
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RAC:
I think an Meboat would be scart of useless to you outside the atoll.
CURRY s
The only cireunstance I ean think of under whieh you vouldn't need
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