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This vessel would load regular Army cargo for the Far East at

1 APA.

Ssn l?rancisco,
and sufficient space would be reserved to meet require~nt~ Of the Task Force. This arrangement permitted fltibility in

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plannhg and as additional items were received for loading, the anmunt
of space earmarked on the ncleanup ship~ was increased.
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On 1 December, the AKAIs and APA reported to Port Hueneme for

10sding. After bottom loading heavy car~, the USS Yancey moved to

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Seattle for canpletion of loading. The Pickaway, Warrick and Harshall
Victory completed their loading at Port Hueneme without incident. There
was some difficultyat port Hueneme in tracing cargo, due to a lack of
proper shipping informationreaching that port. It would have worked
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out better if each depot shippl.ngmaterial to Hueneme had been required
to send a radio giving date shippd, bill of lading number, and other
pertinent data. When the Yancey was about half loaded at Seattle, she
received a meseage from Task Group 7.3 that the deck should be left free
m
for the loading of boats at Pearl Harbor. Complying with this message
would have meant leating

vital Engineer mterial

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behind. This matter

was clarified by diepatch with Task Group 7.3. However, this was a
problem in all loading-

tho balancing of 7.3 requirementsfor carrying

boats for use in the boat pool, with utilization of dock space for
carrying

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heavy items of equipment.
During November and Becember, several shlpmmte of Engineer

supplies were mdo

from Oakland, California to I(wajalein. Navy reefer

vessels were regularly scheduled to Kwajalein with from 1 to 3 sailings
per month. There was also an occasional AKA ding

a noreal run to

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Kwajaloin. These vessdls were used by Joint Task Force Sawn to mw

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