16. Staff Memorandum #30, ~Administrationand Loading Arrange- nmts at Terminal Island,~ published 23 January 1948. ‘fhi@=or~dum assigned responsibilitiesfor the handling, loading, and reporting of cargo and personnelarriving at Terminal Islaml for loading. It aleo prescribed liaison to be rnintainod between the Terminal Ishnd Naval Shipyard and Commanding General, San Francisco Port of 13abarkation. Outloading of Water Shipments 17. It was necessary, as in most operations of this type, to send the major portion of troops and car~ to the forward ●rea by water~ During the period 15 October to 15 February, the outloadlng ●nd delivery of -i . persomel and aeterial to the forward area was complotd except for minor Eintenance support. Attached as Annex 1 and Annex 2 is a sumary of the vessels used to mmre car- and personnel to ~wetok ad Kwajalein, together with sailing dates ●nd the amunt of cargo Lwved on each vessel. Total car~ ~ved was about 55,OCKlM/T of wNch in the U. S. and 25,W 1 rou@ly ~,000 originated in Oahu. Initial planning had indicated that 2 LSTIs and 1 C1.MA-Vl would be sufficient to mve the initial water echo]on from Oahu to Mwetok. However, equi~nt to be mxed from about 5,~ This increase was due to expansion to 9,000 @T. requirementsand also because mre of the required equi~t in Oah than it had be- originally anticipatedwmld increased of . * was found be the case. Arrangemmts were made to obtain 2 ●dditiorml ET ~s from the Navy and to utilize 2 Army FS boats which were afterward to be used as a shuttle In the forward area between Fhiwetok and Kuajalein. On the 16th of Section XVII ..