from port Hueneme, California during early December. T~s
~ae W8S
selected because it is a Navy ad~nce base depot with admirabla
facilities for outloeding Engineer equlpmt.
Since it Was hewn
that a partial shipload of 2nd ~B equipmentw~d
originate in the
Seattle area, it wee decided to load thie equipemt direct, by having
one of the Navy AKAts call at that port.
d.
The second water echelon consisting of vessels returnhg
from the December move would load at the Naval Supply Center, Oakland,
California during early February. This echelon would be primarily Air
Force troops and equip~nt.
Oakland was selected as the outloading
port for this echelon since the nsjor Air Force arri Army depots from
which supplies would come were closest to Oaklami. In addition, the
closeness of the Amy port of embarkationwould enable ready liaiaon
with the Navy in following up Army and Air Force supplies.
e. The final water echelon wo~d
load at Terminal Island,
California during the latter part of Februry.
This would consist
of the headquarters ship and supporting vessels.
f.
It was detemlned that the following Transportationtroops
should be placed in the ~iwetok txwop basis:
(1) we
~qletewrt
company.
(2) tienty port troops to accompany initial echelon from
Oahu.
(3) An afwhibious truck detachment.
There was some question initially whether the port troops would be
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