\ 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 F ‘ plannhg and as additional items were received for loading, the anmunt of space earmarked on the ncleanup ship~ was increased. 22 ● On 1 December, the AKAIs and APA reported to Port Hueneme for 10sding. After bottom loading heavy car~, the USS Yancey moved to t.. 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 —$ . 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 -1 .. 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 23. -? . 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 .. Kwajaloin. These vessdls were used by Joint Task Force Sawn to mw 19 Section XVII .