●bout 2 hours by air or Z
10
●
hours by ves~~=
Transportationopemtions at Kwajalein Atoll were carried
on under supervisionof the Navy Island Con=nder.
One hundred port
troops of JTF.7 were assigned to Kwajalein to carry out port operations.
Shore transportationwas handled by the Air Task Group augmented by
local Navy facilities. There is a concrete dock at Kwajaleln,which
was built by the Japs, where ships dram
not mre than about 20 feet
ofwster can berth. The cargo handling equipmemt of the port at
Kwejalein was adequate for handling all Sandstone material. The amunt
of cargo handled at Kwajalein waa only about 25% of that handled at
lhiwetok.
11. The nmin deficiencies in equipment ●t Eniwetok were as follows:
a.
A
heavycrane was needed. Two 35 ton capacity North-
western cranee would have been invaluable.
b. Several snsll mbile cranes (cher~ pickers) wuld have
been very useful.
c. AdditioMl steel barges and at least one tug would have
facilitatedunloading.
d. The port compny should have hada D-7 bulldozer as part
i
of its equipmmt on the beach. Rorrouing this equipment from Engineer
troops proved unsatisfactorysince the bulldozer was never available
when required.
13.
Attached
●s
an annex is a list of service texts used in
+
planning and carryingout the transportation plmse of the Sandstone
operation.
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