supplies received and on hand after the reefer ship arrived in March.
Adequate refrigerated storage space is now available for the smaller
quantities of supplies which will arrive in April, May and June.
There has been no serious shortage of nonperishable sub=
sistence supplies.
Many items which were in long supply have been
transferred to ships on a reimbursable basis.
This will aid in
eliminating generated surplused during the interim phase,
7.
Laundry;
Due to the strain on the capacity of the laundry plant
it was necessary to increase the night shift to 17 operators: the
day shift continued with an average of 41 operators.
The three semi~mobile laundry vans on hand were utilized for processing and laundering radiologically contaminated chothing
and bulk type items such as mattress covers, cooks whites and blankets.
1175 pieces of contaminated clothing were processed.
Total pieces laundered increased from 125,000 in January
1954 to 186,000 in March 1954, an increase of 49%.
For the same
period, total bundles increased from 5,300 to 8,300, an increase of
57h.
§.
Transportation;
;
The port operations at both ENTVETOK and BIKINI BHA
relatively light as only two cargo vessels, three reefer vessels, and
four tankers were discharged.
All vessels calling at the port during
this period carried cargo for both ENIWETOK and BIKINI.
The BIKINI
port was managed and operated by H & N until BRAVO, at which time H
& N requested assistance in managing and operating this port.
The
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