by these two agencies were the priurY wnsideration in computing
transportationsupport required.
3. The major decisions and broad pl~s for meeting transportation
requirements
which were msde at this time were as follows:
a.
It was detemined that one Navy APA and two AKAIs would be
required from about 1 December until the conclusion of the operation to
make the rmjor personnel and cargo water nmvements. This lift augmented
by severel LST~s assigned for lift in the forward area, and lift which
could be obtained on opportune regularly scheduled Army and Navy shipping
would meet the requlrecmnts. If unanticipatedlarge requireamnt$arose,
Army peseenger and car= transports could be used to fill in, with
reinhrse~nt
for operating costs obtained from the A~,
ized that require~ta
at various times during tb
It was real-
operationwouhi
require use of shipping other then that regularly assi~ed to the
operation. It -a
plamed to obtain such shipping as required, rather
than to ask for regular assi~t
of shipping which would stand idle
during long periods.
b.
It was detenained that an initial water echelon consisting
of vessels obtained from CXMSWJPAC and IEARPAC would wve
~eering
and support troops fxmm Oahu to Ehiwetok during early November. It was
known that several Navy LST$s could be obtained and that the Army wae
h
a position to tiish
lift in at leaat one C1-NA-Vl and eeveral F’S
boats. Since mch of the equi~nt
from @hu would be heavy engineering
equipment, LST ~s would be ideally suited for this mission.
c. The initial water echelon from the U. S. would be mounted
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