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addition,
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the APD also has installed in it a telemetering
receiving station.
This station will receive information
transmitted to it from rockets which are fired in connection
with a detonation.
The SIOUX (ATF-75), CHICKASAW (AvF-83), LIPAN (ATF~-85),
and ABNAKI (ATF-96) are tugs which are used for tending barges,
lighters and rafts, and for other general utility towing.
‘The
SIOUX (ATF-75) is especially equipped for handling skiffs and
other floats which are used as fallout collecting platforms.
LST 306 and LST 618 were obtained by the Navy from MSTS
for use in the PPG.
These ships proviée much of the surface
Lift between Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls.
Their design makes
then particularly suited for loading ard unloading automotive
equipment and materials on the beaches of the various islands
used during the Operation.
YAG 39, YAG 40, and LST 611 are ships specially equipped
for entering areas of heavy fallout.
These ships have control
stations which have special protection for the personnel aboard,
This enables them to remain and operate in areas which would be
prohibitive for ordinary ships.
These ships are engaged primarily
in fallout study programs.
Patrol Squadron ONE (VP-1) is based at Kwajalein. This
squadron conducts patrols and searches in the forecast fallout
area to insure that no ships are in the danger area during an
event.
These patrols are conducted in conjunction with the
destroyers and destroyer escorts mentioned above.
There are
several planes attached to the squadron which are especially
equipped for measuring fallout contaminated areas.
These planes
will conduct flights over contaminated areas and will enable us
to accurately plot the areas of fallout.