one of the major problems facing the task force. At Eniwetok no large
piers were avail.a
ble and all car~ had to be discharged in the stream
with the ship!s gear into lightere. All concerned were cognizant of
the difficultiese~eri~ced
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durfig the CROSSROADS operation in thi6
regard. Therefore, considerableattention was given to plamlng for
discharge. The fhst mvement from Oahu consisted of LSTts except for
the ‘CoastalCrusadern which was a standard C1-MA-V1 cargo vessel with
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3-4
30 ton heavy lift boom. Two hatch sectione of the 854 Port Company,
which M d been set up for surface movement during December, were sent
by air lift during November in order that they would be on hmd to
discharge to Cosstal Crusader when it arrived. The gear of the CoSstal
Cmsader was utilized to discharge the main deck loads of the LST~s.
It took about five days on the average to discharge ●n LST and the
C1-MA-Vl was caapleted in about 2 weeks.
40. A total of about 20,000 ~T
of car~ was scheduled to arrive
●t Eniwetok on four large vessels during the last weak of December. In
order to plan properly for discharge of these vessels, an offtier
trained in beach operation (Mjor R. L. Shipp, USA) was placed on
Temporary Duty with the Joint Task Force during early November. He was
thomu@y
briefed in Washington on the ~blem
involved and a detailed
plan for discharge of the vessels was written. This plan indicated
that priority should be given to discharge of the Yancey
and
Pickaway
8ince these two vessels were required for the February movement. This
officer , together with an ~tieer
Supply Officer was then sent to
Port Hueneme to observe the loading of the Task Force vessels. He
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