Vi ke 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 ; 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 222 AF /Hi