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 .. 1 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 i 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 2’7 SectionXVII b.