;
Ys
departere,
Uventually an opportunity wes fount to send her to mie
wetok vhere she was fueled ab anchor by YO 120,
7.
sh Sninebok the lack of shore storage for Ravy special
fuel ofl presented a problem,
Storaye aflost was provided by YO 120
with a capacity of only 6000 barrels.
Eetwean.saonthly GLRYFsC oilers
the DDSs at Eninetok could soon exhaust the YO's fuel supply.
ith
CUNMTISS, ESTES and BAIROZD at Bikini after BRAVC the DDEs were left
without a source of fuel short of a trip to Bikini to fuel fron one
of the larger ships.
Considerable planning to take aivantage of
scheduled inter-atoll movements and careful expenditure of the Yols
supply were nocessery ts keep the Eninstok Dake fueled.
AVIATION
&.
VP=29 encountered an unforeseen supply problen that was
solved with the assistanse ef Naval Station Kwajaleinwd Nava) Air
Station, Darberts Foink supply activitios. ‘The P2vé was anew sireraft; the usage data from which allowance lists ter the Operatica
were derived was based on estimates, and experience with sinilar types
aircraft.
48 econ as operations eommenced it became obvious that
stocks of many itens vere inaiewate.
Aithin the first 6 days the
ejuadron had to subeil alsost 1500 sPA requisitions.
Seventy percent
of tha requisitioned itens were furnished ca a res issue basis by
the Kwajalein bese supply department, becked up ty Barber's Point.
The remainder were furnished through regular supply channels.
As the
Operation progresred the squadron procured anterial through regular
ehannals on a priority basis and built up its cum supply stocks,
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