vi carge without knowledce of conslenees! operstional comfitmants at the time of unloadiay inevitably rosulted in the necessity of tanneling for stores, overcerri4ge of cargo and unnecessary hanoiling. enipment of cargo betucen atolls was a norsal oocurrence. Trina There were no adequate aml secure fcellities ashore at Iniwetok for tesporary stowage of Kavy stores offloaded for trensshipment. Losses due to miaplacewnt, pilfersre and exposure to the elements resulted. Oceasionaliy sapply ships carried two schadwled essicnments of pro- visions for a aingle ship, beyond the capacity of the consignee to receive. sdejuste ehore storage would have benefitted the task grou greatly. 6 Replenishaent ef fuel presented equal. diftioutty. the complications arising frea shot postponaments ani frequent ship movements at Bikint affected refueling even more than they did the other eupply veesela, since it was usually neceseary for the larger chips to get underway oni remain at sea for severel hours to receive fuel, wind mid the lsyoon carrents caused shipe at anchor to yaw over « wide arc, and a freaet ewell made lying alon:side umiesir~ eble. fuelin; schedules ware developed to mest the situation pre- vailing apon the arrival of a tanker, aad by judicious topping off af scaller shipa by larger onea pricr to the tanker's arrival the nosber of ships refueling directly from SERVPAC tankers was held to a uininm, ALS FRTH, the MSTS traneport, presented a particular problex, for she hed never fueled at soa, ei ons refueling was essential before her AF,Wy quay . 223 Ok cm