1946
May 4 Sat. Up at WHOI this am. Out with John Ewing taking bottom shots in water. Worked with Joe on his boat this pm. Over to Jim and Rowes tonight and to Fuzzards Bay bowling.
May 5 Sun. Up to WHOI about 11. Went over deep water equipment with Joe Worzel and Jim Peoples. Jim and I caught 600 pm train to Boston tonight, got 1130 pm Owl to NYC
May 6 Mon. Caught 625 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank. Arrived Red Bank 730 and caught bus out to Watson Labs. Checked at library for caps?militarynfo. Called up Morris of Supply and wrote supply request. Stepanoff in fm Oakhurst. Wrote up weekly report to Watson Labs for 189-7-1. Arranged truck to take fathometer to Nyack, N.Y. for 104' boat and bring back microbarograph from Columbia. Went out to Oakhurst and saw Rooke who is working on flux-meter, and got fathometer NMB-1 ready to send to Nyack. Went over list of parts needed 189-7-1 with Peoples. Peoples signed in at Watson Labs today. Capt Kellogg in from Evans Labs re how they can help- rough draft of letter of request to be written by Col Graul. Got travel orders to NYC tomorrow and to Nyack.
May 7 Tues. Jim Peoples and I caught 608 train out of Red Bank and arrived Ewing's office about 850 am. Conference at Ewing's office Gallo, Bradley, Crane, Peoples and I from Watson Labs, Lane and Ewing of Columbia and Iselin and McCrory? of WHOI regarding 189-7-1 contract of WHOI with Columbia. Conference later Iselin, Crane, Ewing, Peoples and myself regarding technical procedure and plan for Atlantis, Anton Dohrn and two boats of Watson Lab for summer and next winter. Crane, Peoples and I left about 240 pm for Nyack, NY in Army car. Arrived in Nyack at Peterson's Shipbuilding Co, new 104' boat P778 docked about the same time. Went over all changes and additions to the boat with Gifford and made plans for conversion to our needs. Left Nyack about 6. Jim Peoples and I caught 740 train out of Penn Station and arrived in Red Bank 9 pm.
May 8 Wed. Jim Peoples and I went up to Watson Labs this am