DECLASSIFIED REsmOSD Authority N etL i Aboard use t Mollnle 6 August 1946 Kemorandum to Brigad1er General 'lChOl'ri SSiFOOiO CANCELLEQ 1 I bave made no re ort s1ne on 2 August inasmuoh s there were no s1gn1ficance during the last few days DATE APR 2 0 '91 rtb a whlwi J EWNte dflldGp$tfiJ'Etu 4hiM on xc pt th el qWon II to have the Kolinley leave the la Q n t th • Stat J k---- 1 -- this SatUNal the 10th It vas this 'finnea 'tt artur i that pt'ompted my radio reoommending my re urn 0 ·· XIiiOi ­ Our advance 1nto the ta rge t area has been 80 slow that I can see a long delay before any real information ls to be gained from a study of he target ships the last tolerance tlme llmit I heard quoted tor the New York and the Pensaoola below deoks was from tlve minutes to a half an hour and th1s thel would permit on1 to essent1al work u'ts 1n a salvage pat't I hay managed to get aboa rf several target essels but thoee that I bave boarded showed no visible external or lntemal damage 2 sawyer has not ret ren4 red a report on the study he bas started ot the photo aphs I ment10ned in my last memo Adm1ral Farlonl expec tl hls report by Thursday Experienoe so far s ems to 1ndioate that the procell ot deoontaminatlon of ve'1 7 hot essels 1s go1ng to be a ver1 long drawn out atfair 'rhoee essels that bave been wash d s veral times shOW that atter the f1rst treatment whioh ulual17 outs the aotlvit7 about fltty peroent L ery I1ttle p rogress 1s made with subsequent washings 'rne do not get real results unt11 they can get the ship oeol enough to pl lt a orew aboard that can really so rub th1ngs down v 11 The have ordered boiler oompound and a tew other s1milar mater1als to try to see whether or not thel can make the sorubblng prooess mere effectlve The result ot the xperlmentatlon will net be available tor some tlm but I am assured that your offlce will receiVe a oopy of the tlnal port on this 4- he ooncrete d17 doolt which did not appear earller to have b en damaged • has fl1led on one slde and oapslsed It is expeoted to sink anl t1me now 5 The are 'Irork1ng hAm at keeping the Pensacola pumped out to try to oorrect a list of almost ten degrees that was dev loplns The ohlet dlffioulty ls that ot gettlng salvage personnel aboard It 1s st111 a hot ship 6 Iesterda ' statf conference dld no more than plan the turnover of command functions trom thi statt to people remaining A W Betts Oolon l Oorps of Engrs