Annex No. 27 After Action Report on Operation Pluto
Supplemental material used in Maxwell Taylor's report on the Bay of Pigs operation.
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4 May 1961
After Action Report On OPERATION PLUTO
1. Treperation:
On 28 March 1961 the ICI's BLAGAR and BARBARA J. departed Stock
Islerd, Key West, Floride for Puerta Cabezas, Nicaragua, arriving on
2 April 1961./
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of the Blagar and
of the Barbara J., had
been told that they were to lead and Cirect the lending phase of the
coming invasion of Cuba which would be staged from Puerta Cabezas and
ell the details of the operation would be given us in Puerta Cabezas.
Enronte we received a cable directing us upon errival at Puerta Cabezas
to asserble and test 36 soall boats that were to be used in the coming
operation. After errival in Puerta Cabezes, the crews of the two ships
carried out this mission completing it on 10 April. The briefing team
from Heshington arrived sbout n April and briefings vere conducted on
12, 13, and 14 April. These briefings and the operations and administra-
tive plans given us were clear and thorough. The Blagar was given the
position of command shir and the mission of landing troops on both Blue
end Green Beaches. The Barbara J. was to land troops on Red Beach and
thes patrol to the eest to cover the landing areas.
2. Plan For Blue Beach:
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The plan for Blue Peach called for landing two battalions, the dist
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