lhal Supply Center, oakland during early Februa~, adv8ntage was taken of experience @ined ●t port mene~ Port of Embarkationwas ~de shi~nts during the DOCOMber move. The Ar co~letely reeponsitie for followlng Up fim Amy and Ati Force depot8 and imwlring that the Mavd Supply Center received these supplies. The NaV81 SUpplY cmter~ WWA wes mde reaponaible for receivingthe cargo and lading th ships. T . . Arrangwmnts for loading troops were the same as at Port Huanema with the Amy port calling the troops fommi fmm home stations and staging them until called for ha ding by the Naval Supply Center. The - jor difficulty encounteredduring this loading was lack of informationat the loading port of infornution on incoming mmts shipmenta. N-rous atNP T. camein by air withoutadequateadvancenoticeand thiswes true to a great extent with rail shipaents. Dooummts sent by the shipping depots by regular ~il often arrived after the ahipmant came tito the port. The net reeult was that the Army port had to pull packing Mats from each box and cut new WI)Documente on each shi~nt. 26. There wes ● r Mrge amount of equipment in this echelon which required inundatorydeck loadlng. The Naval Supply Center had several vessels aalling during late January and early Febmary to Kwajalsin with regular ?lavysupport shlpmants. These veasdls were used to olear acme f : d w I A of this deck load cargo. It was fortunatethat these vessels were available since all oar~ could not have been cartied on the 1 AKA and 1 APA asei~ed for this mvement. The Pichway wau assigned to load troops for Kwajalein and ●lso housekeepingand other equipment desi~ted by the Air Force to the oargo oapacity of the vessel, (about 2,000 M/T). 21 Secttin XVII ● .