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Remiremonts for dry provisions, clothing, mall stores,
gtiipe store stocks, general supply matarials and spare perts vere
submitted to Naval Supply Center, Caklani ani chipped as eonsigned
cargo in regularly scheduled cargo shipe,
Their schedules too,
were adejuate, bub an shoormal length of time wae required to obbain
delivery, often from 30 to 66 days after subaission of requisitions,
Unusually high usage rates on many items led to heavy reieisitioning
despite the 120 day supplies stoeked for the Operation,
Unexpected
developaentea such sa the full-tias presence of large nuabers ef excess
personnel aboard ehip ab Rikial after MLAyO contributed to this high
ubage.
Loes of the recreatian erea placed a heavy drain on shipe
store stocks of recrestional geare
sumed huge atocke of supplies,
Decentanination operations con-
Unable to foresee adefinite eniing
date to the operation, ships wore forced to contime ordering to keep
adejuste supplise on hand.
Se
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A number of problems arose concerning delivery of supplies
exi refrigerated cargo.
The frequent ccheduling end postponemates
of shots complicated the entry of sunply ships into the area end
their govesentsa between the tro atolis ani on to their aaxt porta,
requiring careful monitoring of thelr operating schedules.
ab Biicini
the frequent moverents of ships on short notice made it diffiealt to
schedule supply ships into that atoll with sufficient tise te unleat.
Since Boat Pool assistance was needed inthe wmiloading process, sare
had to be taken that the unloading did not interfere with essantial
beat schedules in support of the test operations. Loading consigned
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