TECHNOLOGICAL OFFENSIVE 



unusual one of advising as to dangers which would lurk 

 in the invisible radioactive materials scattered on 

 target vessels, in lagooji water and even in the atmos- 

 phere itself. Col. Warren brought with him years of 

 experience gained wliile he was Chief of the Medical 

 Section of the Manhattan Engineer District. 



Preparing the target ships and support ships was 

 an enormous job. The job was far greater than might 

 be expected bv persons unfamiliar with the prob- 

 lems. Admiral Solberg was called upon to execute 

 quickly an enormous planning program and to or- 

 ganize the extensive cooperation to be obtained from 

 all major shipyards, from the Office of the Chief of 

 Naval Operations, from the Commander-in-Chief of 

 the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, and from 

 nearly every Naval Bureau. 



Perhaps the simplest part of the work was pre- 

 paring the support vessels, listed in Appendix 8. There 

 were 149 of these vessels, 36 of them being of consid- 

 erable size, i.e., over 10,000 tons. 



Considerable remodeling was required on many of 

 the ships. On the flagship MT. McKINLEY, forty more 

 desks were installed and air conditioning was provided 

 in two wardrooms and three staff cabins; television 

 and radio teletype equipment was installed also. On 

 the press ship APPALACHIAN a broadcasting studio 

 was built and television and radio teletype facilities 

 were installed; additional accommodations were pro- 

 vided for officers and press representatives, and several 



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